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17 “Look! I am sending poisonous snakes to attack you.
    These snakes cannot be charmed.
    They will bite you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah’s Sadness

18 God, you are my comfort when I am very sad.
    You are my comfort when I’m afraid.
19 Listen to my people!
    They are crying for help from a faraway land.
    They say, “Is the Lord still in Jerusalem?
    Is Jerusalem’s king still there?”

But God says, “Why did the people make me angry by worshiping idols?
    They worshiped their useless foreign idols.”

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