Jeremiah 8:17
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For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

Numbers 21:6
Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.

Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite: I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents.

Psalm 58:4
Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

Psalm 58:5
Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

Ecclesiastes 10:11
If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

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For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

I will.

Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite: I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents.

Isaiah 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird.

Amos 5:19 As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

Amos 9:3 Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

Revelation 9:19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For, their tails are like to serpents and have heads: and with them they hurt.

which.

Psalm 58:4,5 Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears: . . .

Ecclesiastes 10:11 If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

Context
Judah's Sin and Punishment
16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan, all the land was moved at the sound of the neighing of his warriors: and they came and devoured the land, and all that was in it: the city and its inhabitants. 17For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
Lexicon
“For
כִּי֩ (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

behold,
הִנְנִ֨י (hin·nî)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

I will send
מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ (mə·šal·lê·aḥ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

snakes among you,
נְחָשִׁים֙ (nə·ḥā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5175: A serpent

poisonous vipers
צִפְעֹנִ֔ים (ṣip̄·‘ō·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6848: A serpent

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

cannot
אֵין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

be charmed,
לָ֑חַשׁ (lā·ḥaš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3908: A whisper, a private prayer, an incantation, an amulet

and they will bite
וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ (wə·niš·šə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5391: To strike with a, sting, to oppress with usury

you,”
אֶתְכֶ֖ם (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
“For behold, I will send snakes among you, poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, said the LORD.

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you

For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

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

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

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.

For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
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