Their wine is like snake poison, like the deadly poison of cobras.
They make their tongues sharp as a snake’s; their words are like snake poison.Selah
They are like poisonous snakes, like deaf cobras that stop up their ears
so they cannot hear the music of the snake charmer no matter how well he plays.
“Why are we just sitting here? Let’s get together! We have sinned against the Lord, so he has given us poisoned water to drink. Come, let’s run to the strong, walled cities. The Lord our God has decided that we must die, so let’s die there.
“Their throats are like open graves; they use their tongues for telling lies.” “Their words are like snake poison.”
Their vine comes from Sodom, and their fields are like Gomorrah. Their grapes are full of poison; their bunches of grapes are bitter.
“I have been saving this, and I have it locked in my storehouses.