He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness.

they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

She was very upset as she prayed to the Lord, and she was weeping uncontrollably.

“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly.

“‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water.

“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully on me.

They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

When Esau heard his father’s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”