Jeremiah

Jeremiah 8:17 (vi BC)

Biblical snake-charming: God threatens a plague of venomous, untameable serpents.

Verse Hebrew Bible Septuagint Vulgate
17 כִּי הִנְנִי מְשַׁלֵּחַ בָּכֶם, נְחָשִׁים צִפְעֹנִים, אֲשֶׁר אֵין-לָהֶם, לָחַשׁ; וְנִשְּׁכוּ אֶתְכֶם, נְאֻם-יְהוָה. διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω εἰς ὑμᾶς ὄφεις θανατοῦντας οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπᾷσαι καὶ δήξονται ὑμᾶς quia ecce ego mittam vobis serpentes regulos quibus non est incantatio et mordebunt vos ait Dominus

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