Jeremiah 9:15

Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 9

“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.”Jeremiah 9:15

What Does Jeremiah 9:15 Mean?

Jeremiah 9:15 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 9, verse 15 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (16)

These passages are connected to Jeremiah 9:15 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.”Psalms 69:21“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”Deuteronomy 29:18“Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;”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 23:15“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.”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.”Psalms 80:5“Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.”Psalms 60:3“Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.”Psalms 75:8“For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.”Isaiah 2:17“And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.”Isaiah 2:22“Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?”Jeremiah 25:15“For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.”Lamentations 3:5“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.”Lamentations 3:19“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.”Acts 8:23“For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.”

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