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 to 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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21 They also gave me [a](A)a bitter herb in my food,
And for my thirst they (B)gave me vinegar to drink.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:21 Or poison

21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(A) for my thirst.(B)

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15 therefore this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, (A)I will feed this people wormwood; and I will 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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15 Therefore this is what the Lord of armies says concerning the prophets:

‘Behold, I am going to (A)feed them wormwood
And make them drink poisonous water,
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
Ungodliness has spread into all the land.’”

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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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Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy

19 Remember my misery and my homelessness, the (A)wormwood and [a]bitterness.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:19 Lit poison

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

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34 (A)they gave Him (B)wine mixed with [a]bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:34 Prob. referring to the taste of myrrh, added to lessen pain

34 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall;(A) but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.

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