Jeremiah 8:14

The people resolve to flee to fortified cities, acknowledging God has condemned them to ruin because of their sin. They finally confess that judgment is deserved.

Cross-references · 19

• Jer 23:15Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
• Jer 9:15Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
• Lam 3:19Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
• Jer 35:11So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
• Ps 69:21They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
• Matt 27:34they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
• Deut 29:18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
• 2 Sam 20:6And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
• Deut 32:32But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
• Jer 4:5–6Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
• Num 5:18–24After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.
• Lev 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
• Lam 3:27–28It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
• Hab 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
• Zech 2:13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
• Ps 39:2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
• Jer 14:20We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
• Amos 6:10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
• 2 Kgs 7:3–4Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

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