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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 9:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 9:15 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will feed [0398] them, even this people [05971], with wormwood [03939], and give them water [04325] of gall [07219] to drink [08248]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| feed-- (Jer 8:14; Jer 23:15; Psa 80:5). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will feed them - with wormwood - They shall have the deepest sorrow and heaviest affliction. They shall have poison instead of meat and drink. |
5 Thou feedest [0398] them with the bread [03899] of tears [01832]; and givest them tears [01832] to drink [08248] in great measure [07991].
15 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] concerning the prophets [05030]; Behold, I will feed [0398] them with wormwood [03939], and make them drink [08248] the water [04325] of gall [07219]: for from the prophets [05030] of Jerusalem [03389] is profaneness [02613] gone forth [03318] into all the land [0776].
14 Why do we sit still [03427]? assemble [0622] yourselves, and let us enter [0935] into the defenced [04013] cities [05892], and let us be silent [01826] there: for the LORD [03068] our God [0430] hath put us to silence [01826], and given us water [04325] of gall [07219] to drink [08248], because we have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068].