Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 9:15

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.

This supplement even shews that it is spoken emphatically, though they be a people that presume to be my peculiar.

Worms, Dutch Annot. a plant to purifie and cleanse them, say some; but this doth not seem to be spoken in favour to them; therefore rather some poisonous plant, which may agree to any other destructive herb, as well as Wormwood and this the Heb. word doth intimate, to which purpose the water of Gall is mentioned in the next words, both joined together, Deut. 29.18. possibly the one pointing at their drink, the other at their bread, both metaphorically to be understood, of which see on chap. 8.14.

Marginal references: chap. 23.15.