no balm: Jeremiah 46:11, Jeremiah 51:8; Genesis 37:25, Genesis 43:11
no physician: Matthew 9:11-12; Luke 5:31-32, Luke 8:43
why: Jeremiah 30:12-17
recovered: Heb. gone up, Isaiah 1:5-6
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Jeremiah 8:22
Jeremiah 8:22
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