15 We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror. 16 The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it. 17 “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:15–17
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