Jeremiah 8:14

Translations

Modern

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Why are we sitting? Gather yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there, for YHWH our God has made us perish, and given us water of gall, because we have sinned against YHWH—

Latin

Quare sedemus? convenite, et ingrediamur civitatem munitam, et sileamus ibi: quia Dominus Deus noster silere nos fecit, et potum dedit nobis aquam fellis: peccavimus enim Domino.

Original

Hebrew

English

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Notes

Jeremiah 8:14–15

The people heard Jeremiah announce the Lord's decree. They realized they deserved punishment for sinning against the Lord. Even though their fate was decided, they did not ask for forgiveness.

Jeremiah 8:4–17

These three short poems were likely shared during the reign of Jehoiakim.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

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Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
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Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
Jeremiah 35:11
So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
Psalm 69:21
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
Lamentations 3:19
Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
2 Samuel 20:6
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Deuteronomy 32:32
But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
Deuteronomy 29:18
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Matthew 27:34
…they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
Lamentations 3:27–28
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Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Leviticus 10:3
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Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Gall Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

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