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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 thus saith {H559} the LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635}, the God {H430} of Israel {H3478}; Behold, I will feed {H398} them, even this people {H5971}, with wormwood {H3939}, and give them water {H4325} of gall {H7219} to drink {H8248}.

therefore," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el: "I will feed this people bitter wormwood and give them poisonous water 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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 8:14 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 80:5 (4 votes)

    Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

  • Lamentations 3:15 (4 votes)

    He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

  • Jeremiah 23:15 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 2:17 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Revelation 8:11 (2 votes)

    And 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.

  • Isaiah 2:22 (2 votes)

    Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?