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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Wormwood
People's Dictionary of the Bible
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Wormwood. At least five species of this plant (Artemisia) are found in the Holy Land, and are distinguished for intense bitterness. Hence this word is often joined with or used in the same sense as "gall" and "hemlock," to denote what is offensive and nauseous. Deuteronomy 29:18; Proverbs 5:4; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12. To be obliged to use it as food expresses the extreme of suffering. Jeremiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:15; Lamentations 3:15; Lamentations 3:19.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Wormwood'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​w/wormwood.html. 1893.
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Wormwood'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​w/wormwood.html. 1893.