17 “For behold, I am (A)sending serpents against you,
Adders, for which there is (B)no charm,
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.

18 [a]My (C)sorrow is beyond healing,
My (D)heart is faint within me!
19 Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a (E)distant land:
“Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”
“Why have they (F)provoked Me with their graven images, with foreign [b](G)idols?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:18 So Gr and versions
  2. Jeremiah 8:19 Lit vanities