¹⁸ Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you ^(A)a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit,

¹⁵ Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(A)Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them ^(B)poisonous water to drink.

¹¹ The name of the star is Wormwood.^[a] A third of the waters ^(A)became wormwood, and many people died from the water, ^(B)because it had been made bitter.