Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets,.... Concerning the false prophets, as the Targum; their sin is before declared, and now their punishment:
behold, I will feed them…
Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly.…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Behold, I will.… identical with words in Jer 9:15, where see notes. Here it may be originally a marginal note by a copyist, reminiscent of that passage.
wormwood Cp. Deu 29:18; Pro 5:4; Lam 3:15.
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