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therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
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The Taste of Judgment
Commentators explain that "wormwood" and "water of gall" are powerful metaphors for bitter and severe affliction. God, who normally provides life-sustaining food and water, will instead bring a judgment that is as grievous and unpleasant as poison. This illustrates how sin perverts God's blessings into instruments of chastisement.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length.
Jeremiah 9:10
19th Century
Anglican
Wormwood. —As a plant, probably a species of Artemisia, four species of which are found in Palestine. In Deuteronomy 29:1…
Baptist
Which their fathers taught them: therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wo…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah now confirms what I have stated and more fully explains it: that though no teacher or disciple was found in the land, yet there was suffic…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel , &c.] He calls himself "the Lord God of hosts", of arm…
In Zion, the voice of joy and praise used to be heard while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound—it is now the voice of lame…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet threatens punishment against the people themselves.
First, he specifies the punishment in terms of aff…
