¹⁴ Why 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.

“I will make them eat bitter food
    and drink poisoned water,^(A)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness^(B) has spread throughout the land.”

¹⁵ He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.^(A)