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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.
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Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to feed this people wormwood and give them poisonous waters to drink.
Jeremiah 9:15 In-Context
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The LORD said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law.
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Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”
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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.
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I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.”
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This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them.