Jeremiah 8:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

¹⁸My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart mourneth within me.

¹⁹Behold the voice of the daughter my people from a far country: Is not the Lord in Sion, or is not her king in her? why then have they provoked me to wrath with their idols, and strange vanities?

Read full chapter

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?”