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The People Speak

20 The harvest is past,
    the summer has ended,
        and we haven’t been delivered.

The Prophet Mourns

21 Because my people[a] are crushed, I’m crushed.
    I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?
    Is there no physician there?
        So why is there no healing for my people?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:21 Lit. the daughter of my people
  2. Jeremiah 8:22 Lit. daughter of my people

20 “The harvest is past,
    the summer has ended,
    and we are not saved.”

21 Since my people are crushed,(A) I am crushed;
    I mourn,(B) and horror grips me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(C)
    Is there no physician(D) there?
Why then is there no healing(E)
    for the wound of my people?

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