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16 From Dan is heard
        the snorting of his horses.
    At the sound of his stallions neighing,
        the whole land quakes.
    For they come and devour
        the land and everything in it—
        the city and all who live there.
17 “For I am about to send serpents on you,
        vipers for which there is no charm,
        and they will bite you.”
It is a declaration of Adonai.

Weeping for Jerusalem

18 My joy is overcome by grief,
    my heart is faint 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.