Jeremiah 8:14-17

New King James Version

¹⁴ “Why do we sit still?
^(A)Assemble yourselves,
And let us enter the fortified cities,
And let us be silent there.
For the Lord our God has put us to silence
And given us ^(B)water^[a] of gall to drink,
Because we have sinned against the Lord.

¹⁵ “We ^(C)looked for peace, but no good came;
And for a time of health, and there was trouble!
¹⁶ The snorting of His horses was heard from ^(D)Dan.
The whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of His ^(E)strong ones;
For they have come and devoured the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell in it.”

¹⁷ “For behold, I will send serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be ^(F)charmed,
And they shall bite you,” says the Lord.