Jeremiah 23:15
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Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
In other translations
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
Hebrew words
לָכֵןlakhen<to> thereforeH3651כֹּה־koh-thusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635עַל־'al-onH5921הַנְּבִאִיםhanevi'imthe prophetsH5030הִנְנִיhinihere IH2005מַאֲכִילma'akhil[am] about to make eatH398אוֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853לַעֲנָהla'anahwormwoodH3939וְהִשְׁקִתִיםvehishkitimand I will make drink themH8248מֵי־mei-water ofH4325רֹאשׁroshpoisonH7219כִּיkiforH3588מֵאֵתme'etfrom withH854נְבִיאֵיnevi'ei[the] prophets ofH5030יְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalimJerusalemH3389יָצְאָהyatze'ahit has gone outH3318חֲנֻפָּהchanupahwicked behaviorH2613לְכָל־lekholto allH3605הָאָרֶץ׃ פha'aretzthe landH776
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 8:14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:15Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
- Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
- Psalm 69:21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
- Lamentations 3:5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
- Revelation 8:11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
- Lamentations 3:19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
- Matthew 27:34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
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Places: Jerusalem