Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are[a] smoother than oil,
in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood(A)
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.(B)

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  1. 5:3 Lit her palate is

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)
but in the end she is bitter as gall,(B)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.

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15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to feed this people wormwood(A) and give them poisonous water to drink.(B)

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15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food(A) and drink poisoned water.(B)

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ז Zayin

19 Remember[a] my affliction and my homelessness,(A)
the wormwood and the poison.(B)

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  1. 3:19 Or I remember

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(A) and the gall.(B)

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