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Jeremiah 8:14

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Jeremiah 8:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 8:14

Theological / Devotional

Why do we sit still? The prophet dramatically utters words that the terror-stricken people would use in addressing one another.

Gall. Heb. ro’sh, a bitter and poisonous plant (see Deut. 29:18; 32:32; Ps. 69:21), possibly the hemlock, the colocynth, the poppy, or the nightshade.

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