עַל־מָה֙ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים הֵֽאָסְפ֗וּ וְנָב֛וֹא אֶל־עָרֵ֥י הַמִּבְצָ֖ר וְנִדְּמָה־שָּׁ֑ם כִּי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ הֲדִמָּ֙נוּ֙ וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣נוּ מֵי־רֹ֔אשׁ כִּ֥י חָטָ֖אנוּ לַיהוָֽה׃
Bakit tayo nakaupo lamang? Magtipon kayo, at pumasok tayo sa mga lungsod na may kuta, at doon tayo manahimik; sapagkat pinatahimik tayo ng Walang-Hanggan na ating Diyos at pinainom tayo ng tubig na may lason, sapagkat nagkasala tayo sa Walang-Hanggan.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Why do we sit still?” [8:14]. Why are we sitting in the villages? Let us go to the strong fortified cities. If we remain silent there, it is because we must remain silent. We cannot speak against God, because we are guilty. We have committed sins. God has given us a bitter drink to drink because of this. Should we hope for peace and happiness and the peace does not come. From the city of Dan is heard the great shouting of the enemy’s horses. The earth trembled and they destroyed the earth and all the cities with the people who dwelled in them. Thus says the Lord: I will send the snakes to you and they will bite you and the magicians who used to force the snakes to leave with magic spells will not help.2Rashi, Jeremiah, 8:14.
Rashi
and there let us sit in silence And let us be silent there. Let us sit there silent and mournful.
Rashi
poisoned water Jonathan renders: the cup of the curse, like the venom of serpents. The venom of the serpents is the poison that is in his teeth.