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11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water because it was made bitter.(A)

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15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
I am going to make them eat wormwood
    and give them poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness has spread throughout the land.(A)

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15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am feeding this people with wormwood and giving them poisonous water to drink.(A)

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18 It may be that there is among you a man or woman or a family or tribe whose heart is already turning away from the Lord our God to serve the gods of those nations. It may be that there is among you a root sprouting poisonous and bitter growth.(A)

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12 Do horses run on rocky crags?
    Does one plow the sea with oxen?[a]
But you have turned justice into poison
    and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,(A)

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  1. 6.12 Or Does one plow them with oxen

Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood
    and bring righteousness to the ground!

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19 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness
    is wormwood and gall!(A)

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but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
    sharp as a two-edged sword.(A)

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The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were hurled to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.(A)

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15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.(A)

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he has besieged and enveloped me
    with bitterness and tribulation;

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20 She said to them,

“Call me no longer Naomi;[a]
    call me Mara,[b]
    for the Almighty[c] has dealt bitterly with me.(A)

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  1. 1.20 That is, pleasant
  2. 1.20 That is, bitter
  3. 1.20 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah.[a](A)

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  1. 15.23 That is, bitterness