Jeremiah 8:14

God's Word

Why 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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:6

David then told Abishai, “Sheba, son of Bichri, will do us more harm than Absalom. Take my men and go after him, or he will find some fortified cities and take the best ones for himself.”

Psalm 39:2

I remained totally speechless. I kept silent, although it did me no good. While I was deep in thought, my pain grew worse.

Psalm 69:21

They poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

Isaiah 47:5

Go into the dark, and sit in silence, princess of the Babylonians! You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 14:20

O Lord, we realize our wickedness and the wrongs done by our ancestors. We have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 14:7

Do something, Lord, for the sake of your name, even though our sins testify against us. We have been unfaithful and have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 23:15

This 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 3:25

We must lie down in our shame and be covered by our disgrace. Ever since we were young, we and our ancestors have sinned against the Lord our God. We haven’t obeyed the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 35:11

But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded this land, we said, ‘Let’s go to Jerusalem ⌞to escape⌟ the Babylonian and Aramean armies.’ That’s why we are living in Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 9:14

They followed their own stubborn ways and other gods—the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”

Jeremiah 9:15

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.

Lamentations 3:19

Remember my suffering and my ⌞aimless⌟ wandering, the wormwood and poison.

Leviticus 10:3

Moses said to Aaron, “This is exactly what the Lord said: ‘I will show my holiness among those who come to me. I will show my glory to all the people.’ ” Aaron was speechless.

Amos 6:10

If a relative or a mortician comes to take the dead bodies out of the house and asks someone who is inside the house, “Is there anyone else with you?” that person will answer, “No.” “Hush,” he will add. “We shouldn’t mention the name of the Lord!”

Habakkuk 2:20

The Lord is in his holy temple. All the earth should be silent in his presence.

Zechariah 2:13

“Everyone be silent in the presence of the Lord. He is waking up and setting out from his holy dwelling place.”

Matthew 27:34

They gave him a drink of wine mixed with a drug called gall. When he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Make sure there is no man, woman, family, or tribe among you today who turns from the Lord our God to worship the gods of those nations. Make sure that no one among you is the source of this kind of bitter poison.

Deuteronomy 32:32

Their grapevines come from the vineyards of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous, and their clusters are bitter.