Jeremiah 9:15

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.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 23:15 repeats the exact imagery of wormwood and gall, applying it specifically to false prophets.

Jeremiah 25:15 Related theme

Jeremiah 25:15 uses the cup of fury as a parallel judgment metaphor—both involve drinking divine wrath.

Lamentations 3:15 directly echoes 'wormwood' and 'bitterness' as personal experience of the same divine judgment.

Lamentations 3:19 repeats 'wormwood and gall', reinforcing the bitter judgment imagery from this verse.

Revelation 8:11 names a star 'Wormwood' that poisons waters, echoing the prophetic judgment of bitter drink.

Deuteronomy 29:18 warns of a 'root bearing gall and wormwood', the same phrase used here for punishment of idolatry.

Psalm 60:3 Related theme

Psalm 60:3 describes God making His people drink 'wine of astonishment'—a similar cup of judgment imagery.

Psalm 75:8 Related theme

Psalm 75:8 depicts a cup of wrath that the wicked must drink—same motif of God's judgment poured out.

Psalm 80:5 Parallel

Psalm 80:5 uses the same imagery of God giving tears to drink as judgment, paralleling the bitter drink of wormwood here.