Balm - i. e., balsam, the usual remedy for wounds Jeremiah 8:22.
In vain shalt ... - Or, in vain hast thou multiplied medicines: healing-plaster hast thou none. Nothing shall avail to heal the blow.
Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 46:11
Jeremiah 46:11
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.