Jeremiah 23:15
New Living Translation
15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says concerning the prophets:
“I will feed them with bitterness
and give them poison to drink.
For it is because of Jerusalem’s prophets
that wickedness has filled this land.”
Jeremiah 8:14
New Living Translation
14 “Then the people will say,
‘Why should we wait here to die?
Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there.
For the Lord our God has decreed our destruction
and has given us a cup of poison to drink
because we sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:15
New Living Translation
15 So now, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink.
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Lamentations 3:15
New Living Translation
15 He has filled me with bitterness
and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.
Lamentations 3:5
New Living Translation
5 He has besieged and surrounded me
with anguish and distress.
Psalm 69:21
New Living Translation
21 But instead, they give me poison[a] for food;
they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
Footnotes
- 69:21 Or gall.
Revelation 8:11
New Living Translation
11 The name of the star was Bitterness.[a] It made one-third of the water bitter, and many people died from drinking the bitter water.
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- 8:11 Greek Wormwood.
Matthew 27:34
New Living Translation
34 The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it.
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Lamentations 3:19
New Living Translation
19 The thought of my suffering and homelessness
is bitter beyond words.[a]
Footnotes
- 3:19 Or is wormwood and gall.
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