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Jeremiah 23:15

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23:15So then I, the Lord who rules over all,47

have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem:48

‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering

and drink the poison water of judgment.49

For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason50

that ungodliness51 has spread throughout the land.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 47 Heb “Yahweh of armies.” See the study note on for explanation of this title.
  2. 48 Heb “Therefore, thus says the Lord … concerning the prophets.” The person is shifted to better conform with English style and the word “of Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation to avoid the possible misunderstanding that the judgment applies to the prophets of Samaria who had already been judged long before.
  3. 49 Heb “I will feed this people wormwood and make them drink poison water.” For these same words of judgment on another group see 9:15 (9:14 ). “Wormwood” and “poison water” are not to be understood literally here but are symbolic of judgment and suffering. See, e.g., 542 לַעֲנָה.
  4. 50 The compound preposition מֵאֵת (me’et) expresses source or origin (see 86 אֵת 4.c). Context shows that the origin is in their false prophesying which encourages people in their evil behavior.
  5. 51 A word that derives from this same Hebrew word is used in v. 11 at the beginning of the Lord’s criticism of the prophet and priest. This is a common rhetorical device for bracketing material that belongs together. The criticism has, however, focused on the false prophets and the judgment due them.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:

“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food

and give them poisoned water to drink,

for from the prophets of Jerusalem

ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:

“I will make them eat bitter food

and drink poisoned water,

because from the prophets of Jerusalem

ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says concerning the prophets:

I am about to feed them wormwood

and give them poisoned water to drink,

for from the prophets of Jerusalem

ungodliness has spread throughout the land.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

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.”

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the prophets:

“Look, I am going to let them eat wormwood

and I will give them water of poison to drink,

for from the prophets of Jerusalem

went out ungodliness to all the land.”

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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