Jeremiah 8:17

For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.

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In The King James Version

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

In Context

16“From Dan, the snorting of his horses was heard; the entire land was shaken by the voice of the neighing of his fighters. And they arrived and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants.

18My sorrow is beyond sorrow; my heart mourns within me.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:6For this reason, the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, which wounded or killed many of them.

Psalms 58:4For behold, they have seized my soul. The strong have rushed upon me.

Ecclesiastes 10:11Whoever slanders in secret is nothing less than a snake that bites silently.

Amos 5:19It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him.

Revelation 9:19For the power of these horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails resemble serpents, having heads; and it is with these that they cause harm.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:14-22

Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. ( b. c. 606.) 13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord : there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have… Read the whole commentary →

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