Jeremiah 23:15

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts against the prophets: Look, I will give them wormwood to eat, and poisoned water to drink; For from Jerusalem’s prophets ungodliness has gone forth into the whole land.

Cross References

Psalm 69:21

Insult has broken my heart, and I despair; I looked for compassion, but there was none, for comforters, but found none.

Jeremiah 14:15

Therefore, thus says the Lord: Concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, though I did not send them, and who say, “Sword and famine shall not befall this land”: by sword and famine shall these prophets meet their end.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we remain here? Let us assemble and flee to the fortified cities, where we will meet our doom; For the Lord our God has doomed us, he has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:14

therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: See now, I will give this people wormwood to eat and poisoned water to drink.

Jeremiah 9:15

I will scatter them among nations whom neither they nor their ancestors have known; I will send the sword to pursue them until I have completely destroyed them.

Lamentations 3:15

He has sated me with bitterness, filled me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:19

The thought of my wretched homelessness is wormwood and poison;

Lamentations 3:5

He has besieged me all around with poverty and hardship;

Zechariah 13:2

On that day—oracle of the Lord of hosts—I will destroy the names of the idols from the land, so that they will be mentioned no more; I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land.

Matthew 27:34

they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.

Deuteronomy 29:18

if any such persons, after hearing the words of this curse, should congratulate themselves, saying in their hearts, “I am safe, even though I walk in stubbornness of heart,” thereby sweeping away moist and dry alike,

Revelation 8:11

The star was called “Wormwood,” and a third of all the water turned to wormwood. Many people died from this water, because it was made bitter.