Revelation 8:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Wormwood

Many

Exodus 15:23

General references

Isaiah 42:15

Bible References

Wormwood

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to feed this people wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says concerning the prophets:

I am about to feed them wormwood
and give them poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has spread throughout the land.

He has laid siege against me,
encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

Those who turn justice into wormwood
throw righteousness to the ground.

Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.

Many

They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter—that is why it was named Marah.

General references

I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes.