Jeremiah 8:14

New International Version

Why are we sitting here? Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:15

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets: “I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.

Lamentations 3:19

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.

Jeremiah 35:11

But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded this land, we said, ‘Come, we must go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and Aramean armies.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”

Matthew 27:34

There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.

Psalm 69:21

They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

2 Samuel 20:6

David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bikri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your master’s men and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and escape from us.”

Deuteronomy 29:18

Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.

Zechariah 2:13

Be still before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”

Habakkuk 2:20

The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.

Amos 6:10

And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord, and the guilt of our ancestors; we have indeed sinned against you.

Psalm 39:2

So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;

Deuteronomy 32:32

Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are filled with poison, and their clusters with bitterness.

Leviticus 10:3

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said: “ ‘Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’ ” Aaron remained silent.

Isaiah 47:5

“Sit in silence, go into darkness, queen city of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our ancestors; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed the Lord our God.”

Jeremiah 14:7

Although our sins testify against us, do something, Lord, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 9:14

Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”