Jeremiah 8:17-19

Amplified Bible

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“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.

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Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing],
My heart is sick and faint within me!
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Behold, [hear the sound of] the cry of the daughter of my people from the distant land [of Babylon]:
“Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King within her?”
[But the Lord answers] “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign idols?”

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Jeremiah 8:17-19

New International Version

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

¹⁸You who are my Comforter^[a] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint^(C) within me.
¹⁹Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:^(D)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King^(E) no longer there?”