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Jeremiah 8:17 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 8 · verse 17 · King James Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 8:17 · King James Version
Jeremiah 8:17 in context
15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Key words (Strong's)
- cockatricestsephaʻa viper (as thrusting out the tongueH6848 →
- serpentsnâchâsha snakeH5175 →
- charmedlachashproperly, a whisperH3908 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- sendshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- bitenâshakto strike with a stingH5391 →
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