Jer.9.15

Jeremiah 9:15

KJV GOD

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.

A Lament over Zion

Cross References

Revelation 8:11

KJV

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.

The First Four Trumpets

Deuteronomy 29:18

KJV

Lest 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;

The Covenant in Moab

Psalm 80:5

KJV

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

Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph.

Jeremiah 8:14

KJV

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.

The People Respond

Jeremiah 23:15

KJV GOD

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.

Lying Prophets

Lamentations 3:15

KJV

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

The Prophet’s Afflictions

Lamentations 3:19

KJV

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.