...Chaldea, by the river Euphrates. VOL. III. II II XLVI. 11. Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt : in vain shalt thou use many medicines ; for thou shalt not be cured. Go, ye vain Egyptians, go up to Gilead, and take thence good Store of balm with you, to cure the wounds...

...according to your faith, had you trusted in him ; and he applies to you the words of the prophet, " In vain shalt thou use many medicines : for thou shalt not be cured." Jer. xlvi. 11. The children of God have three great means of preserving health, which cannot be too...

...amfturn K\U<T/JOIC, Kai vriarnatQ, KCU and preserved. " O virgin, daughter of Egypt," says Jeremiah*, "in vain shalt thou use many medicines, for thou shalt not be cured." Homer, in the Odyssey t, describes the many valuable medicines given by Polydamna, the wife of Thonis,...

...Egypt by this characteristic, her skill in medicine. Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou USE MANY MEDICINES ; for thou shaJt not be cured.\\ The prophet delights in this kind of imagery, which marks out a people by its...

...blood ; for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt...use many medicines, for thou shalt not be cured." From the concluding words of the quotation, it seems that this day of the Lord was to exhaust its vengeance...

...blood ; for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt...shalt thou use many medicines, for thou shalt not be cured.'2 From the concluding words of the quotation, it seems that this day of the Lord was to exhaust...

...balm of Gilead coidd not avail for their recovery: Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; in vain shalt thou use many medicines ; for thou shalt not be cured. (Jer. xlvi. 11.) So, also, Jer. li. 8, 9 : Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed : howl for her...

...characteristic of her skill in medicine. Go up into Gilead, and take BALM, (or balsam) O virgin the daughter of Egypt ; in vain shalt thou use MANY MEDICINES, for thou shalt not be cured. Warburton's Divine Legation, b. iv. sec. 3, § 3. GEN. l. 3. And forty days were fulfilled for him,...

...mercy is held out to you. Repent, or k will soon be said to you as Jeremiah said to the virgin, the daughter of Egypt, "In vain shalt thou use many medicines ; for thou shalt not be cured ; " or as in the parable, " I know you not" Have you no oil in your lamps ? Delay not a moment ; believe...

...application has been but imperfectly preserved. " О virgin, the daughter of Egypt," says Jeremiah : " in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured," Jer. xlvi. 11. Homer, in his Odyssey, describes the many valuable medicines given by Polydamna, the...