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17 See, I am letting snakes loose among you, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the Lord.
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“See, I will send venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
18 My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick.
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You who are my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
19 Hark, the cry of my poor people from far and wide in the land: "Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?" ("Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their foreign idols?")
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Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they aroused my anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
20 "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
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“The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
21 For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me.
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Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored?
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Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?
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