Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 8:22
A church father on this verse
“Let no one, then, run down the law, as if, on account of the penalty, it were not beautiful and good. Shouldn't he who drives away bodily disease appear as a benefactor? Shouldn't he who attempts to deliver the soul from iniquity even more appear as a friend since the soul is a more precious thing than the body? Besid…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
22And is there no balm in Gilead, or is there no physician there? why has not the healing of the daughter of my people taken place?
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In context
20The summer is gone, the harvest is past, and we are not saved.
21For the breach of the daughter of my people I have been saddened: in my perplexity pangs have seized upon me as of a woman in travail.
— Jeremiah 8:22 —
23Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? then would I weep for this my people day and night, even for the slain of the daughter of my people.