Jeremiah 8:14 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 14 “Why are we sitting here? Let us gather together and enter the fortified cities+ and perish there. For Jehovah our God will do away with us,And he gives us poisoned water to drink,+Because we have sinned against Jehovah. Jeremiah 9:15 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 15 Therefore this is what Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Here I am making this people eat wormwood, and I will make them drink poisoned water.+ Lamentations 3:19 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 19 Remember my affliction and my homeless state,+ the wormwood and the bitter poison.+
14 “Why are we sitting here? Let us gather together and enter the fortified cities+ and perish there. For Jehovah our God will do away with us,And he gives us poisoned water to drink,+Because we have sinned against Jehovah.
15 Therefore this is what Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Here I am making this people eat wormwood, and I will make them drink poisoned water.+