Jeremiah 23:15

New Century Version

So this is what the Lord All-Powerful says about the prophets: “I will make those prophets eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because the prophets of Jerusalem spread wickedness through the whole country.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 8:14

“Why are we just sitting here? Let’s get together! We have sinned against the Lord, so he has given us poisoned water to drink. Come, let’s run to the strong, walled cities. The Lord our God has decided that we must die, so let’s die there.

Jeremiah 9:15

So this is what 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 3:15

The Lord filled me with misery; he made me drunk with suffering.

Lamentations 3:5

He surrounded me with sadness and attacked me with grief.

Psalm 69:21

They put poison in my food and gave me vinegar to drink.

Revelation 8:11

The name of the star is Wormwood. And a third of all the water became bitter, and many people died from drinking the water that was bitter.

Matthew 27:34

The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. He tasted the wine but refused to drink it.

Lamentations 3:19

Lord, remember my suffering and my misery, my sorrow and trouble.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Make sure no man, woman, family group, or tribe among you leaves the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. They would be to you like a plant that grows bitter, poisonous fruit.

Jeremiah 14:15

So this is what I say about the prophets who are prophesying in my name. I did not send them. They say, ‘No enemy will attack this country with swords. There will never be hunger in this land.’ So those prophets will die from hunger and from an enemy’s sword.

Zechariah 13:2

The Lord All-Powerful says, “At that time I will get rid of the names of the idols from the land; no one will remember them anymore. I will also remove the prophets and unclean spirits from the land.

Jeremiah 9:14

Instead, they were stubborn and followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them to do.