18 (A)so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you (B)a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.

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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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14 Why are we sitting still?
(A)Assemble yourselves, and let us (B)go into the fortified cities
And let us perish there,
Because the Lord our God has doomed us
And given us (C)poisoned water to drink,
For (D)we have sinned against the Lord.

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14 Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities(A)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water(B) to drink,
    because we have sinned(C) against him.

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15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold, (A)I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them (B)poisoned water to drink.

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15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food(A) and drink poisoned water.(B)

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