Jeremiah 9:15

Judgment

¹³ And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

¹⁴ But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

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.

¹⁶ I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

¹⁷ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
ASV: therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
DARBY: therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink,
BLB: Therefore thus says YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will feed them—this people—with wormwood, and give them to drink water of gall!

ÅB: derfor sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud, så: Se, jeg gir dette folk malurt å spise og beskt vann å drikke,
OTB: Derfor sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: "Se, jeg vil få dette folket til å spise bitter mat og drikke forgiftet vann.
B1930: derfor sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud, så: Se, jeg gir dette folk malurt å ete og beskt vann å drikke,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 8:14
Why 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.
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Psalms 80:5
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
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Lamentations 3:15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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Jeremiah 23:15
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.
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Jeremiah 25:15
For 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.
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Isaiah 2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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Psalms 69:21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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Isaiah 2:17
And 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.
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