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The Lord’s Warning

16 “The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan.
    At the neighing of their stallions,
        the whole earth quakes.
They’re coming to devour
    the land and all it contains,
        the city and all who live in it.
17 Look, I’ll send snakes among you,
    vipers that cannot be charmed,
        and they’ll bite you.”

Jeremiah Mourns for His People

18 Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me,
    my heart is sick within me.

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16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses(A)
    is heard from Dan;(B)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.(C)
They have come to devour(D)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

17 “See, I will send venomous snakes(E) among you,
    vipers that cannot be charmed,(F)
    and they will bite you,”
declares the Lord.

18 You who are my Comforter[a] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(G) within me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.