Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 8:22
balm—balsam; to be applied to the wounds of my people. Brought into Judea first from Arabia Felix, by the queen of Sheba, in Solomon's time [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 8.2]. The opobalsamum of PLINY; or else [BOCHART] the resin drawn from the terebinth. It abounded in Gilead, east of Jordan, where, in consequence, many "physicians" established themselves (Jeremiah 46:11; Jeremiah 51:8; Genesis 37:25; Genesis 43:11).
health . . . recovered—The Hebrew is literally, "lengthening out . . . gone up"; hence, the long bandage applied to bind up a wound. So the Arabic also [GESENIUS].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 8:22:
Isaiah 53:5
Jeremiah 30:12
Jeremiah 30:17
Jeremiah 33:6
Jeremiah 46:11
Jeremiah 51:8-9
Micah 1:9
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