Jeremiah 23:15
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 23
“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.”Jeremiah 23:15
What Does Jeremiah 23:15 Mean?
Jeremiah 23:15 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 23, verse 15 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 23:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Revelation 8:11“And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.”Jeremiah 8:14“Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.”Jeremiah 9:15“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.”Lamentations 3:5“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.”Psalms 69:21“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”Lamentations 3:15“He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.”Ezekiel 34:16“I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.”Numbers 1:53“But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.”Numbers 18:5“And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.”1 Kings 22:25“And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.”Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 27:15“For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.”Jeremiah 51:5“For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”Lamentations 3:19“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.”Ezekiel 13:14“So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”Matthew 27:34“They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.”Psalms 110:7“He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.”Ezekiel 14:11“That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.”
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