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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Jeremiah 8 In this chapter the prophet goes on to denounce grievous calamities upon the people of the Jews; such as would make death more eligible than life; and that because of their idolatry, Jeremiah 8:1 and also because of their heinous backslidings in other respects, and continuance in them, Jeremiah 8:4 likewise their impenitence and stupidity, Jeremiah 8:6 their vain...
John Gill
Is there no balm in Gilead?.... Which was famous for it; see Genesis 37:25, or rather turpentine or rosin, a gum which drops from pine trees and the like; since balm or balsam grew on this side Jordan, near Jericho and Engedi, and not beyond Jordan, in the land of Gilead; and rosin is good for healing. Some render it "treacle", but very wrongly, since, as Calvin observes, that is a composition of...
Matthew Henry
The prophet proceeds, in this chapter, both to magnify and to justify the destruction that God was bringing upon this people, to show how grievous it would be and yet how righteous. I. He represents the judgments coming as so very terrible that death should appear so as most to be dreaded and yet should be desired, ver. 1-3. II. He aggravates the wretched stupidity and wilfulness of this people...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? No; there is none. There is balm in Christ, there is a Physician who once hung on Calvary’s cross; but there is no balm and no physician in Gilead. If there were, — Jer_8:22. Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 12; and Jeremiah 8, and Jer_9:1.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? This exposition consisted of readings from Jeremiah 8; Jer_9:1.