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Jeremiah 8:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 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 8:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 14 “Why are we sitting still? Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities+ and be silent there. For Jehovah our God* has himself put us to silence,*+ and he gives us poisoned water to drink,+ because we have sinned against Jehovah.

Jeremiah 8:14

The Bible in Living English
- 14 What are we sitting here for? in with you, let us get into the fortified cities and sink into silence there; for our God Jehovah has sunk us in silence and given us poppy-juice to drink because we had sinned against Jehovah.

Jeremiah 8:14

American Standard Version
- 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

Jeremiah 8:14

The Emphasized Bible
- 14 Why are we sitting still? Gather yourselves together and let us enter the defenced cities And let us be silent there,—For Yahweh our God hath put us to silence And made us drink poisoned water, Because we have sinned against Yahweh.

Jeremiah 8:14

King James Version
- 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 sinned against the LORD.