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Jeremiah 8:17

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For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 8:15

    We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

  2. Jeremiah 8:16

    The 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.

  3. Jeremiah 8:18

    When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

  4. Jeremiah 8:19

    Behold 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?

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