"Thereforethussaysthe LORDof hostsconcerningthe prophets,'Behold,I am going to feedthem wormwoodAnd make them drinkpoisonouswater,For from the prophetsof JerusalemPollutionhas goneforthinto allthe land.'"
They also gaveme gallfor my foodAnd for my thirstthey gaveme vinegarto drink.
"Thereforethussaysthe LORDconcerningthe prophetswho are prophesyingin My name,although it was not I who sentthem-- yet they keep saying,'There will be noswordor faminein thisland--by swordand faminethoseprophetsshall meettheir end!
Whyare we sittingstill?Assembleyourselves, and let us gointo the fortifiedcitiesAnd let us perishthere,Becausethe LORDour Godhas doomedus And givenus poisonedwaterto drink,For we have sinnedagainst the LORD.
but have walkedafterthe stubbornnessof their heartand afterthe Baals,as their fatherstaughtthem,"
thereforethussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,"behold,I will feedthem, thispeople,with wormwoodand givethem poisonedwaterto drink.
He has filledme with bitterness,He has mademe drunkwith wormwood.
Remembermy afflictionand my wandering,the wormwoodand bitterness.
He has besiegedand encompassedme with bitternessand hardship.
"It will comeabout in that day,"declaresthe LORDof hosts,"that I will cutoffthe namesof the idolsfrom the land,and they will nolongerbe remembered;and I will alsoremovethe prophetsand the uncleanspiritfrom the land.
they gaveHim wineto drinkmixedwith gall;and after tasting[it], He was unwillingto drink.
sothat therewill not be among you a manorwoman,orfamilyortribe,whoseheartturnsawaytodayfrom the LORDour God,to goand servethe godsof thosenations;that therewill not be among you a rootbearingpoisonousfruitand wormwood.
The nameof the staris calledWormwood;and a thirdof the watersbecamewormwood,and manymendiedfrom the waters,becausethey were made bitter.
