Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 23 connects to 8 cross-references. Woe to the shepherds who destroy God's flock. God will gather the remnant and raise up a righteous Branch for David who will be called 'The Lord is our righteousness.' The false prophets who steal words from one another and …
Other Translations
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.
So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.
Cross References
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent …
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with …
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many …