Jeremiah 8:14

“Why do we remain here?” [[shall they say.]] “Assemble yourselves and let us go into the fortified cities. And let us there wait in silence! For Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, And given us the water of hemlock to drink, Because we have sinned against Jehovah.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah; There shall be no grapes on the vine, Nor shall there be from the fig-tree; Even the leaf shall be withered; For I will send those that shall overrun them.

15We look for peace, but no good cometh; For a time of deliverance, and behold, terror!”

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Cross References

Psalms 69:21For my food they give me gall, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

Jeremiah 9:14But have walked after the obstinacy of their own heart, And after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

Jeremiah 14:20We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, And the iniquity of our fathers; For we have sinned against thee.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:14-22

Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. ( b. c. 606.) 13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord : there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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