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15 We looked for shalom, but no tov came; and for et marpeh (a time of healing), and, hinei, terror!

16 The snorting of his [the foe from the north] susim (horses) was heard from Dan; kol ha’aretz trembled at the sound of the neighing of his stallions; for they are come, and have devoured eretz, and all that is in it; the Ir (city, i.e., the city of Dan in the north of Israel), and those that dwell therein.

17 For, hinei, I will send nachashim, tzifonim (vipers), among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith Hashem.

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

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

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