Jeremiah 9:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have finished them off.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Behold, I will feed{H398} them, even this people,{H5971} with wormwood,{H3939} and give them water{H4325} of gall{H7219} to drink.{H8248}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Behold, I will feed{H398}{(H8688)} them, even this people{H5971}, with wormwood{H3939}, and give them water{H4325} of gall{H7219} to drink{H8248}{(H8689)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore, thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes, the God of Israel: Beholde, I will fede this people with wormwod, and geue the gall to drynke.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feede this people with wormewood, and giue them waters of gall to drinke:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, the God of Israel: Beholde, I wyll feede this people with wormewood, and geue them gall to drinke.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them -- this people -- to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So then, listen to what I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say.‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 8:14 : 14 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, giving us poisonous water to drink because we have sinned against him.
  • Ps 80:5 : 5 LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
  • Lam 3:15 : 15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.
  • Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.
  • Jer 25:15 : 15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: 'Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.'
  • Isa 2:17 : 17 The pride of mankind will be bowed down, and human arrogance will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
  • Deut 29:18 : 18 When such a person hears the words of this curse, they may bless themselves in their heart and say, 'I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the destruction of both the well-watered and the dry.
  • Ps 60:3 : 3 You, O God, have rejected us and broken us; you have been angry—restore us again.
  • Ps 69:21 : 21 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but I found no one.
  • Ps 75:8 : 8 For God is the judge; he brings one down and lifts another up.
  • Lam 3:19 : 19 Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall.
  • Rev 8:11 : 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the water because it was made bitter.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 23:15
    85%

    15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.

  • Jer 9:16
    80%

    16 This is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'Consider and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilled wailing women to arrive.'

  • Lam 3:15
    77%

    15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.

  • Jer 29:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 this is what the LORD of Armies says: 'I am about to send against them the sword, famine, and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.'

    18 I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and an object of astonishment, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I have banished them.

  • Jer 25:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: 'Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.'

    16 They will drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I am sending among them.

    17 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it.

  • Jer 25:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 Then say to them: This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Drink, get drunk, and vomit; fall and do not rise, because of the sword I am sending among you.'

    28 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: You must drink it!'

  • Jer 8:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, no figs on the tree, and even the leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them.

    14 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, giving us poisonous water to drink because we have sinned against him.

  • Jer 24:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 I will make them a horror and an object of calamity among all the kingdoms of the earth—a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I drive them.

    10 I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence against them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.

  • Ezek 4:13
    73%

    13 The Lord said, 'In this way the people of Israel will eat their defiled bread among the nations where I will drive them.'

  • Amos 9:4
    73%

    4 'If they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.'

  • Jer 9:14
    73%

    14 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'See, I will feed this people with bitter food and give them poisoned water to drink.'

  • Jer 9:7
    73%

    7 Their tongues are a sharpened arrow; deceit pours from their mouths. They speak peace to their neighbor, but in their hearts, they set up an ambush.

  • Jer 48:12
    73%

    12 Therefore, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send those who pour out wine to tip her over; they will empty her vessels and shatter her jars.

  • Jer 14:16
    73%

    16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. I will pour out their wickedness upon them.

  • Jer 13:9
    73%

    9 "This is what the LORD says: 'In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Lam 3:19
    72%

    19 Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall.

  • 1 Kgs 14:15
    72%

    15 The LORD will strike Israel as a reed sways in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they made Asherah poles, angering the LORD.

  • Ezek 12:17
    72%

    17 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Hos 9:17
    72%

    17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; they will become wanderers among the nations.

  • Ezek 15:6
    72%

    6 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Jer 5:14
    72%

    14 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, says: Because you have said these words, I am making My words in your mouth a fire, and this people the wood it consumes.

  • Zeph 1:17
    72%

    17 I will bring distress on mankind, and they will walk like the blind because they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

  • Jer 15:7
    72%

    7 I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved and destroyed My people, yet they have not turned from their ways.

  • Hos 9:14
    72%

    14 Give them, LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry.

  • Jer 13:13
    72%

    13 Then you shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land, the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem with drunkenness.

  • Jer 9:9
    72%

    9 I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.

  • Jer 11:22
    71%

    22 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am about to punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine.’

  • Ps 80:5
    71%

    5 LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?

  • Isa 3:1
    71%

    1 See now, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is removing from Jerusalem and Judah support and supply, both bread and water.

  • Ezek 12:19
    71%

    19 Say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in desolation, for their land will be stripped of all it contains because of the violence of all who live there.’

  • Jer 19:15
    71%

    15 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring upon this city and all its surrounding towns all the disaster I pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks and refused to listen to My words.

  • Hos 9:2
    71%

    2 The threshing floor and the winepress will not provide for them, and the new wine will fail them.

  • Deut 29:18
    71%

    18 When such a person hears the words of this curse, they may bless themselves in their heart and say, 'I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the destruction of both the well-watered and the dry.

  • 1 Kgs 9:7
    71%

    7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. Israel will then become a proverb and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

  • Jer 2:13
    71%

    13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

  • Jer 14:10
    71%

    10 This is what the LORD says about this people: They love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their guilt and punish their sins.

  • Jer 19:7
    71%

    7 In this place, I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and at the hands of those who seek their lives. I will give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth.

  • Ezek 34:19
    71%

    19 Must My flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

  • Mic 6:14
    71%

    14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness will remain within you. You will store up but not save, and what you do save, I will give over to the sword.

  • Ezek 4:17
    71%

    17 'In this way, they will lack bread and water, and they will be appalled at one another and waste away because of their iniquity.'

  • Jer 14:12
    71%

    12 Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry; even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will consume them by sword, famine, and plague.

  • Lev 26:16
    71%

    16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will bring sudden terror upon you, wasting diseases and fever that destroy your eyes and drain your strength. You will plant your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.

  • Jer 32:36
    71%

    36 Now therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning this city about which you are saying, 'It has been handed over to the king of Babylon through sword, famine, and plague':

  • Jer 8:3
    71%

    3 Death will be preferred to life by all the survivors who remain from this evil family, in all the places where I have driven them, declares the LORD of Hosts.