18 Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.(A)

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18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns(A) away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.(B)

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15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says concerning the prophets:

I am about to feed them wormwood
and give them poisoned water to drink,(A)
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness[a] has spread throughout the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:15 Or pollution

15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:

“I will make them eat bitter food
    and drink poisoned water,(A)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness(B) has spread throughout the land.”

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ז Zayin

19 Remember[a] my affliction and my homelessness,(A)
the wormwood and the poison.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:19 Or I remember

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(A) and the gall.(B)

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