Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 9:15
15I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will pursue them with the sword, until I have finished with them.”
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
13but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baalim that their fathers taught them. 14Therefore, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel, “look, I will make this people eat wormwood and drink poisoned water. I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will pursue them with the sword, until I have finished with them.” 16Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Pay attention! Call the dirge-singers and let them come. Send for the most skillful wailers and let them come!” 17“Let them come quickly and lift up a wailing over us so our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush with water.”
Read all of Jeremiah 9Jeremiah 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 8:14“Why are we sitting here? Assemble! Let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For Adonai Eloheinu has silenced us and given us poisoned water to drink. For we have sinned against Adonai.
- Jeremiah 23:15Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot concerning the prophets: “I myself will feed them wormwood and make them drink poisoned water. For from the prophets of Jerusalem pollution has spread into all the land.”
- Jeremiah 25:15For thus says Adonai, the God of Israel, to me: “Take this cup of the wine of fury from My hand, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink it.
- Psalms 60:3O God, You have spurned us. You have broken out against us. You have been angry. Turn back to us!
- Psalms 69:21Scorn has broken my heart, so I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but found none.
- Psalms 75:8For God is the Judge: He lowers one and lifts up another.
- Psalms 80:5Adonai-Tzva’ot, how long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?
- Isaiah 2:17The pride of man will be humbled, the arrogance of men abased, for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.
- Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness and made me drink wormwood.
- Revelation 8:11Now the name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters that were made 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
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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
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