“Watch out!” the Lord says. “I'm sending poisonous snakes to attack you, and no one can stop them.”
The power to charm a snake does you no good if it bites you anyway.
You'll be struck by starvation and deadly diseases, by the fangs of wild animals and poisonous snakes.
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes that bit and killed many of them.
The horses had powerful mouths, and their tails were like poisonous snakes that bite and hurt.
If they escape to the peaks of Mount Carmel, I'll search and find them. And if they hide from me at the bottom of the ocean, I'll command a sea monster to bite them.
You will run from a lion, only to meet a bear. You will escape to your house, rest your hand on the wall, and be bitten by a snake.
Philistines, don't be happy just because the rod that punished you is broken. That rod will become a poisonous snake, and then a flying fiery dragon.
My enemies are fierce as lions, Lord God! Shatter their teeth. Snatch out their fangs.