Jeremiah 8:17

Behold I send against you serpents, Basilisks, which cannot be charmed, And they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

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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

16From Dan is heard the snorting of their horses, At the sound of the neighing of their steeds the whole land trembleth; They come and devour the land, and all that is in it; The city, and them that dwell therein.

18O where is consolation for my sorrow! My heart is faint within me.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:4They have poison, like the poison of a serpent; Like the deaf adder's, which stoppeth her ear;

Ecclesiastes 10:11If a serpent bite before he is charmed, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

Amos 5:19As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or went into a house and leaned his hand on a wall, And a serpent bit him;

Revelation 9:19For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails; for their tails are like to serpents, having heads; and with them they do hurt.

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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