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Jeremia 9:15

Listen to Jeremia 9:15
15 Darum, so spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels: Siehe, ich will sie, dieses Volk, mit Wermut speisen und sie mit bitterem Wasser trÀnken,

Jeremia 9:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
&c.] He calls himself "the Lord God of hosts", of armies above and below, in heaven and in earth, in opposition to Baalim, the idols of the Gentiles; which word signifies "lords"; which, though there be many who are called so, there is but one God, and one Lord, who is God over all, and "the God of Israel"; who had chosen them, and distinguished them by the blessings of his goodness; and yet they had forsaken him, and followed after other gods; by which the eyes of his glory were provoked, and he was determined to chastise them for it: behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood;
that is, with straits or difficulties, as the Septuagint version; with bitter afflictions; such are not joyous, but grievous; which are irksome and disagreeable, as bitter things, and particularly wormwood, are to the taste. The Targum is,

``I will bring tribulation upon them, bitter as wormwood:''
and give them water of gall to drink;
meaning either of the entrails of a beast so called, or of the juice of the herb hemlock, as the word is rendered in ( Hosea 10:4 ) , as Kimchi; or of the poison of a serpent, as Jarchi; and so the Targum,
``and I will give them the cup of cursing to drink as the heads of serpents:''
signifying that their punishment would be very severe, though just.
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Jeremia 9:15 In-Context

13 Und Jehova sprach: Weil sie mein Gesetz verlassen haben, das ich ihnen vorgelegt, und auf meine Stimme nicht gehört, und nicht darin gewandelt haben,
14 sondern dem Starrsinn ihres Herzens und den Baalim nachgegangen sind, was ihre VĂ€ter sie gelehrt haben.
15 Darum, so spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels: Siehe, ich will sie, dieses Volk, mit Wermut speisen und sie mit bitterem Wasser trÀnken,
16 und sie unter die Nationen zerstreuen, die sie nicht gekannt haben, weder sie noch ihre VĂ€ter; und ich will das Schwert hinter ihnen her senden, bis ich sie vernichtet habe.
17 So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen: Gebet acht, und rufet Klageweiber, daß sie kommen, und schicket zu den weisen Frauen,
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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