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Jeremiah 8:14 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Jeremiah 8:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 8 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. gall: or, poison”
Jeremiah 8:14 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 8:14
This verse transitions to portraying the people's response to coming invasion: 'Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities.' The Hebrew question 'al-mah anachnu yoshevim' (עַל־מָה אֲנַחְנוּ יֹשְׁבִים) reflects sudden awareness that inaction means death. 'Defenced cities' (arei hamibtzar, עָרֵי הַמִּבְצָר) were fortified urban centers offering military protection. Yet the bitter recognition follows: 'for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink.' 'Put to silence' (demamnu, דָּמָמְנוּ) means to be dumb, destroyed, cut o...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 8:14
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“I will feed them with wormwood”
“the God of Israel”
“the wormwood and the gall.”
“when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land”
“they gave me vinegar to drink.”
“Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants”
“or woman”
“he would not drink.”
“Why sit we here until we die?”
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.”