This verse shows Jeremiah crying for people who worship idols, where they bow down to useless foreign gods. They cry that summer is gone and harvest is over, but they have not been saved. Some of God’s people fall under oppression, while others oppress others with wicked dealings, much like the Pharisees.
The first group of God’s people cry, saying “peace, peace,” but will not release the other group of God’s people. And so, God calls to the daughter of His people from afar, crying; she is Zion, her King is in her. God said they should not provoke Him with graven images or strange vanities. “For the hurt of the daughter of My people, I am hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold of me.”
Who needs a balm in Gilead, when there is no physician there? Why then is the health of the daughter of My people not recovered? So, they healed the hurt of the daughter of God’s people, saying “peace, peace,” when there was no peace.
God doesn’t play mind games. To release the health of someone doesn’t guarantee He will answer unless you surrender all and release His people whom you afflict.