Jeremiah 8:14

New International Version

¹⁴Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities^(A)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water^(B) to drink,
    because we have sinned^(C) against him.

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Jeremiah 8:14

New King James Version

¹⁴“Why do we sit still?
^(A)Assemble yourselves,
And let us enter the fortified cities,
And let us be silent there.
For the Lord our God has put us to silence
And given us ^(B)water^[a] of gall to drink,
Because we have sinned against the Lord.