Jeremiah 9:15
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Therefore 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.
In other translations
Therefore 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.
Hebrew words
לָכֵןlakhen<to> thereforeH3651כֹּה־koh-thusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478הִנְנִיhinihere IH2005מַאֲכִילָםma'akhilam[am] about to feed themH398אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088לַעֲנָהla'anahwormwoodH3939וְהִשְׁקִיתִיםvehishkitimand I will give to drink themH8248מֵי־mei-water ofH4325רֹאשׁ׃roshpoisonH7219
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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.
- Psalm 80:5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 23:15Therefore 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.”
- Jeremiah 25:15For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
- Isaiah 2:17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
- Lamentations 3:19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
- Deuteronomy 29:18Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
- 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.
- Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
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