Yeremia 23:15
Konteks23:15 So then I, the Lord who rules over all, 1
have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: 2
‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering
and drink the poison water of judgment. 3
For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason 4
that ungodliness 5 has spread throughout the land.’”
Yeremia 34:22
Konteks34:22 For I, the Lord, affirm that 6 I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them.”’”
Yeremia 42:17
Konteks42:17 All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’
[23:15] 1 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”
[23:15] sn See the study note on 2:19 for explanation of this title.
[23:15] 2 tn Heb “Therefore, thus says the
[23:15] 3 tn 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 HT). “Wormwood” and “poison water” are not to be understood literally here but are symbolic of judgment and suffering. See, e.g., BDB 542 s.v. לַעֲנָה.
[23:15] 4 tn The compound preposition מֵאֵת (me’et) expresses source or origin (see BDB 86 s.v. אֵת 4.c). Context shows that the origin is in their false prophesying which encourages people in their evil behavior.
[23:15] 5 sn A word that derives from this same Hebrew word is used in v. 11 at the beginning of the