Jeremiah 8:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Watch out!” the LORD says. “I'm sending poisonous snakes to attack you, and no one can stop them.”

Cross References

Psalm 58:6

My enemies are fierce as lions, LORD God! Shatter their teeth. Snatch out their fangs.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

The power to charm a snake does you no good if it bites you anyway.

Isaiah 14:29

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.

Amos 5:19

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.

Amos 9:3

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.

Numbers 21:6

Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes that bit and killed many of them.

Deuteronomy 32:24

You'll be struck by starvation and deadly diseases, by the fangs of wild animals and poisonous snakes.

Revelation 9:19

The horses had powerful mouths, and their tails were like poisonous snakes that bite and hurt.