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WORMWOOD*

Strong, bitter-tasting plant that symbolized bitterness and sorrow (Prv 5:4; Jer 9:15; Rv 8:11). See Plants.

Show passage in OET: PRO 5:4

OET-RV PRO 5:4

4 in the end, she’s as bitter as wormwood,
⇔ ≈ and sharper than a double-sided sword.

OET-LV PRO 5:4

4 And_end _of_her is_bitter like_wormwood sharp like_a _sword _of mouths.

Show passage in OET: JER 9:15

OET-RV JER 9:15

15 then Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this:
⇔ Listen, I’m about to feed them bitter food
⇔ ≈ and give them poison water to drink.

OET-LV JER 9:14

14  For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says HERE_I am_about _of_to _feed _them DOM the_people the_this wormwood and_I_will _give _them _to _drink water _of poison.

Show passage in OET: REV 8:11

OET-RV REV 8:11

11 That star is named ‘Bitterness’ and a third of those waters turned bitter. Many people died from the waters, because they became poisonous.

OET-LV REV 8:11

11 and the name of _the star is _being _called which Wormwood.
And became the third of _the waters into wormwood, and many of _the people died _off from the waters, because they _were _made _bitter.

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