Why... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. verses: 14-16 spoken by the prophet, not the People. They were being threatened for not doing what is here spoken of, verses: Jeremiah 12:13. Moreover, Jeremiah 8:15 is spoken by Jeremiah in Jeremiah 14:19, which is an earlier passage, chronologically.
we: i.e. the prophet to the People. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
silence. Figure of speech Ploke, the word being used in. different sense.
water of gall. poppy water;. poisoned water.
sinned. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.