Jeremiah 46:11
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11 “Go(A) up to Gilead and take balm,
(B)O virgin, the daughter of Egypt;
In vain you will use many medicines;
(C)You shall not be cured.
Jeremiah 8:22
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22 Is there no (A)balm in Gilead,
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no recovery
For the health of the daughter of my people?
Micah 1:9
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9 For her wounds are incurable.
For (A)it has come to Judah;
It has come to the gate of My people—
To Jerusalem.
Isaiah 47:1
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The Humiliation of Babylon
47 “Come (A)down and (B)sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of (C)Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no more be called
Tender and [a]delicate.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:1 dainty
Luke 8:43-44
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43 (A)Now a woman, having a (B)flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, 44 came from behind and (C)touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.
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Nahum 3:19
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19 Your injury has no healing,
(A)Your wound is severe.
(B)All who hear news of you
Will clap their hands over you,
For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
Jeremiah 14:17
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17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
(A)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(B)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
Matthew 5:26
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26 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.
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Ezekiel 30:21-25
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21 “Son of man, I have (A)broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, (B)it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a [a]splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I am (C)against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will (D)break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand. 23 (E)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries. 24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man. 25 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; (F)they shall know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
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- Ezekiel 30:21 Lit. bandage
Ezekiel 27:17
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17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of (A)Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and (B)balm.
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Jeremiah 51:8
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8 Babylon has suddenly (A)fallen and been destroyed.
(B)Wail for her!
(C)Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
Jeremiah 30:12-15
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12 “For thus says the Lord:
(A)‘Your affliction is incurable,
Your wound is severe.
13 There is no one to plead your cause,
That you may be bound up;
(B)You have no healing medicines.
14 (C)All your lovers have forgotten you;
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound (D)of an enemy,
With the chastisement (E)of a cruel one,
For the multitude of your iniquities,
(F)Because your sins have increased.
15 Why (G)do you cry about your affliction?
Your sorrow is incurable.
Because of the multitude of your iniquities,
Because your sins have increased,
I have done these things to you.
Genesis 43:11
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11 And their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and (A)carry down a present for the man—a little (B)balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.
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Genesis 37:25
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25 (A)And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of (B)Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, (C)balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
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