15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will (A)feed them, this people, (B)with wormwood, and give them [a]water of gall to drink.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:15 Bitter or poisonous water

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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He has besieged me
And surrounded me with bitterness and [a]woe.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:5 hardship or weariness

He has besieged me and surrounded me
    with bitterness(A) and hardship.(B)

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15 (A)He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.

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15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.(A)

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