King James Version
Jeremiah 8:17 in the King James Version says “For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
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. all: Heb. the fulness thereof
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. in: Heb. upon
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? them: Heb. the country of them that are far off
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For behold I will send”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“among you which will not be charmed”
H3908properly, a whisper, i.e., by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet
“and they shall bite”
H5391to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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