¹⁷ “See, I will send venomous snakes^(A) among you,
    vipers that cannot be charmed,^(B)
    and they will bite you,”
declares the Lord.

¹¹ If a snake bites before it is charmed,
    the charmer receives no fee.^(A)

⁴ Their venom is like the venom of a snake,^(A)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
⁵ that will not heed^(B) the tune of the charmer,^(C)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

²⁴ I will send wasting famine^(A) against them,
    consuming pestilence^(B) and deadly plague;^(C)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,^(D)
    the venom of vipers^(E) that glide in the dust.^(F)

³ Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(A)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(B)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(C)
    there I will command the serpent^(D) to bite them.^(E)

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)