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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
A bitter plant found in
Palestine
, and often mentioned in
Scripture
in connection with
gall
to denote what is offensive and nauseous
(
Deut. 29:18
18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; (Deuteronomy 29:18)
;
Prov. 5:4
4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. (Proverbs 5:4)
;
Jer. 9:15; 23:15
15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. (Jeremiah 9:15)
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. (Jeremiah 23:15)
;
Lam. 3:15,19
15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. (Lamentations 3:15)
19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. (Lamentations 3:19)
;
Amos 5:7
7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, (Amos 5:7)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This occurs in
scripture
only in a metaphorical sense. Turning to
idolatry
is compared to being a root that, beareth
gall
and wormwood (
Deut. 29:18
18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; (Deuteronomy 29:18)
). Some turned “
judgment
to wormwood,” probably alluding to the unrighteous
judges
(
Amos 5:7
7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, (Amos 5:7)
). Because of the wickedness of His people,
God
...said He would feed them with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink (
Jer. 9:15
15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. (Jeremiah 9:15)
;
Jer. 23:15
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. (Jeremiah 23:15)
).
Jeremiah
, in lamenting over the condition of
Israel
, compared it to being drunk with wormwood (
Lam. 3:15, 19
15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. (Lamentations 3:15)
19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. (Lamentations 3:19)
). On the sounding of the third trumpet in
the Revelation
, a star named Wormwood fell from
heaven
, and the third part of the waters were turned to wormwood, of which many men died: the moral sources of
life
will become destructive (
Rev. 8:10-11
10
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. (Revelation 8:10‑11)
). There are several species in
Palestine
: the
Artemisia absinthium
and
A. chinensis
are the wormwood of commerce.
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