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# Yahweh of hosts says this
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Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See Jeremiah 6:6.
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# Look
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The word "look" alerts the reader to pay attention to the important information that follows.
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# I am about to make them eat wormwood and drink poisonous water
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Wormwood is a plant that is very bitter and unpleasant to eat. This phrase describes the punishment that Yahweh was going to bring about on the evil prophets.
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# I am about to
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"I will soon"
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# pollution has gone out from the prophets
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"evil has come from the prophets"
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# pollution
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dirty and unsafe things that spoil the air, water, or land where they are found |