"Their wineis the venomof serpents,And the deadlypoisonof cobras.
They sharpentheir tonguesas a serpent;Poisonof a viperis undertheir lips.Selah.
They have venomlikethe venomof a serpent;Likea deafcobrathat stopsup its ear,
Sothat it does not hearthe voiceof charmers,[Or] a skillfulcasterof spells.
Whyare we sittingstill?Assembleyourselves, and let us gointo the fortifiedcitiesAnd let us perishthere,Becausethe LORDour Godhas doomedus And givenus poisonedwaterto drink,For we have sinnedagainst the LORD.
"THEIR THROATIS AN OPENGRAVE,WITH THEIR TONGUESTHEY KEEP DECEIVING,""THE POISONOF ASPSIS UNDERTHEIR LIPS";
"For their vineis from the vineof Sodom,And from the fieldsof Gomorrah;Their grapesare grapesof poison,Their clusters,bitter.
Is it not laidup in storewith Me, Sealedup in My treasuries?