15 We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.
16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses
    is heard from Dan;
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.
They have come to devour
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

17 ‘See, I will send venomous snakes among you,
    vipers that cannot be charmed,
    and they will bite you,’
declares the Lord.

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