²⁹ Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,^(A)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^(B)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^(C)

Through a land of hardship and distress,^(C)
    of lions^(D) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,^(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’^(F) backs,
    their treasures^(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,

⁸ The infant^(A) will play near the cobra’s den,
    and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s^(B) nest.