Jeremiah 8:14

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“They will say, ‘Why are we just sitting here? Come, let’s run to the strong cities. If the Lord our God is going to make us die, then let’s die there. We have sinned against the Lord, so he has given us poisoned water to drink.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:15

So this is what the Lord All-Powerful says about those Jerusalem prophets: “I will make them suffer. Their food will be bitter, their water like poison. I will punish them because they started a spiritual sickness that spread through the whole country.”

Jeremiah 9:15

So the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says, “I will soon make the people of Judah eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.

Lamentations 3:19

Remember, I am very sad, and I have no home. Remember the bitter poison that you gave me.

Jeremiah 35:11

But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked the country of Judah, we did go into Jerusalem. We said to each other, ‘Come, we must enter the city of Jerusalem so that we can escape the Babylonian army and the Aramean army.’ So we have stayed in Jerusalem.”

Matthew 27:34

There the soldiers gave Jesus some wine mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

Psalm 69:21

They gave me poison, not food. They gave me vinegar, not wine.

2 Samuel 20:6

David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is more dangerous to us than Absalom was. So take my officers and chase Sheba. Hurry before he gets into cities with walls. If he gets into the well-protected cities, we will not be able to get him.”

Deuteronomy 29:18

Be sure that there is no man, woman, family or tribe here today who turns away from the Lord our God. No one should go and serve the gods of the other nations. People who do that are like a plant that grows bitter and poisonous fruit.

Zechariah 2:13

Everyone, be quiet! The Lord is coming out of his holy house.

Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his holy temple, so the whole earth should be silent in his presence and show him respect.

Amos 6:10

And when someone dies, a relative will come to get the body so that it can be taken out and burned. Relatives will come to take away the bones. They will call to anyone who might be hiding back in the house, “Are there any other dead bodies in there with you?” That person will answer, “No, ….” But the relative will interrupt and say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

Jeremiah 14:20

Lord, we know that we are wicked. We know that our ancestors did evil things. Yes, we sinned against you.

Psalm 39:2

So I didn’t say anything. I didn’t even say anything good, but I became even more upset.

Deuteronomy 32:32

Their vines and fields will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. Their grapes are like bitter poison.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “The Lord says, ‘The priests who come near me must respect me. I must be holy to them and to all the people.’” So Aaron did not say anything about his sons dying.

Isaiah 47:5

“So Babylon, sit down and shut up. Daughter of the Chaldeans, go into the dark prison. You will no longer be ‘The Queen of the Kingdoms.’

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame. Let our shame cover us like a blanket. We have sinned against the Lord our God. We and our fathers have sinned. We have not obeyed the Lord our God from the time we were children.’”

Jeremiah 14:7

“We know that this is our fault. We are now suffering because of our sins. Lord, do something to help us for the good of your name. We admit that we have left you many times. We have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 9:14

The people of Judah lived their own way. They were stubborn. They followed the false god Baal. Their fathers taught them to follow those false gods.”