Jeremiah 9:15

Jeremiah 9:15 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them poisonous water to drink.
• New King James Version (NKJV)therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Context of Jeremiah 9:15

13The Lord answered, “They’ve abandoned my teachings that I placed in front of them. They didn’t obey me, and they didn’t follow them. 14They followed their own stubborn ways and other gods—the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.” This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to feed these people bitterness and give them poison to drink. 16I will scatter them among nations that they and their ancestors haven’t heard of. I will send armies after them until I’ve wiped them out. 17This is what the Lord of Armies says: Consider this: Call for the women who cry at funerals. Send for those who are the most skilled.

Jeremiah 9:15 word by word

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִ֧י מַאֲכִילָ֛ם אֶת־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה לַֽעֲנָ֑ה וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים מֵי־רֹֽאשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Behold, I will feedאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• with wormwoodלַעֲנָהla‛ănâh · wormwoodH3939
• and give them waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of gallרֹאשׁrô'sh rôsh · poisonH7219
• to drinkשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: drinkH8248

Cross-references for Jeremiah 9:15

• Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Let’s get up! Let’s go into the fortified cities and die there. The Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has given us poison to drink because we have sinned against the Lord.
• Jeremiah 23:15This is what the Lord of Armies says about the prophets: I will give them wormwood to eat and poison to drink. The prophets of Jerusalem have spread godlessness throughout the land.
• Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord God of Israel said to me: Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I’m sending you drink from it.
• Psalms 60:3You have made your people experience hardships. You have given us wine that makes us stagger.
• Psalms 69:21They poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
• Psalms 75:8A cup is in the Lord’s hand. (Its foaming wine is thoroughly mixed with spices.) He will empty it, ⌞and⌟ all the wicked people on earth will have to drink every last drop.
• Psalms 80:5You made them eat tears as food. You often made them drink ⌞their own⌟ tears.
• Isaiah 2:17Then arrogant people will be brought down, and high and mighty people will be humbled. On that day the Lord alone will be honored.
• Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness. He has made me drink wormwood.
• Revelation 8:11That star was named Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from this water because it had turned bitter.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15I will feed them - with wormwood - They shall have the deepest sorrow and heaviest affliction. They shall have poison instead of meat and drink.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length. Jeremiah 9:10 The habitations i. e - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see Jeremiah 6:3). So that none can … - Or, “They are parched up, with no man to pass through them; neither do they hear the voice of cattle; from the birds of the heaven even to the beasts they “are fled, they are gone.” Jeremiah 9:11 Dragons - Rather…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calamity, but not their sin, which is the cause of it. Let the doors be shut ever so fast, death steals upon us. It enters the palaces of princes and great men, though stately, strongly built, and guarded. Nor are those more safe that are abroad; death cuts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel issued another decree. He would bring bitterness and poison through exile and widespread death in foreign lands.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. feed--(Jr 8:14; 23:15; Psa 80:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 9:15

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• War
• Wormwood

In the dictionaries

• God
• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Lord of Hosts
• Adulterer
• Arrow
• Bitter
• Desolate

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings