Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead?
What it says
He asks whether there is no balm in Gilead and no physician there, since healing has not come to his people.
What it is doing
This verse closes the chapter with the unresolved question of healing.
In context
18My sorrow is beyond healing; 19Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people 20“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, 21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. 22Is there no balm in Gilead?