“Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. You use many medicines in vain. There is no healing for you.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 46 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.