Isaiah 1:6

1:6 From the soles of your feet to your head,

there is no spot that is unharmed. ¹ 

There are only bruises, cuts,

and open wounds.

They have not been cleansed ²  or bandaged,

nor have they been treated ³  with olive oil. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 8:22

8:22 There is still medicinal ointment ⁵  available in Gilead!

There is still a physician there! ⁶ 

Why then have my dear people ⁷ 

not been restored to health? ⁸ 

Revelation 22:2

22:2 flowing down the middle of the city’s ⁹  main street. ¹⁰  On each side ¹¹  of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds ¹²  of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. ¹³  Its leaves are for the healing of the nations.

¹ tn Heb “there is not in it health”; NAB “there is no sound spot.”

² tn Heb “pressed out.”

³ tn Heb “softened” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “soothed.”

⁴ sn This verse describes wounds like those one would receive in battle. These wounds are comprehensive and without remedy.

⁵ tn Heb “balm.” The more familiar “ointment” has been used in the translation, supplemented with the adjective “medicinal.”

⁶ tn Heb “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?” In this context the questions are rhetorical and expect a positive answer, which is made explicit in the translation.

⁷ tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.

⁸ tn Or more clearly, “restored to spiritual health”; Heb “Why then has healing not come to my dear people?”

⁹ tn Grk “its”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).

¹¹ tn Grk “From here and from there.”

¹² tn Or “twelve crops” (one for each month of the year).

¹³ tn The words “of the year” are implied.