13 And the Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have (A)not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, 14 but they have (B)walked according to the [a]dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, (C)which their fathers taught them,” 15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will (D)feed them, this people, (E)with wormwood, and give them [b]water of gall to drink.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:14 stubbornness or imagination
  2. Jeremiah 9:15 Bitter or poisonous water

13 The Lord said, “Because they have (A)abandoned My Law which I put before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, 14 but have (B)followed the stubbornness of their heart and the (C)Baals, [a]as their (D)fathers taught them,” 15 therefore this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, (E)I will feed this people wormwood; and I will give them (F)poisoned water to drink.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:14 Lit which

13 The Lord said, “Because they have [a]turned away from My law which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice nor walked in accordance with it, 14 but have walked stubbornly after their [own] heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,” 15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them bitter and poisonous water to drink.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:13 Lit forsaken.

13 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.(A) 14 Instead, they have followed(B) the stubbornness of their hearts;(C) they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.” 15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food(D) and drink poisoned water.(E)

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13 And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

15 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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