Jer 9:15-16 | ESV | STEP | Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel : Behold , I will feed this people with bitter food , and give them poisonous water to drink .

Jeremiah 9:15-16

15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^aBehold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them ^bpoisonous water to drink. 16 ^cI will scatter them among the nations ^dwhom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will ^esend the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”