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15 We wait for peace to no avail;
    for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.(A)
16 From Dan is heard
    the snorting of horses;
The neighing of stallions
    shakes the whole land.
They come to devour the land and everything in it,
    the city and its inhabitants.
17 Yes, I will send against you
    poisonous snakes.
Against them no charm will work
    when they bite you—oracle of the Lord.(B)

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15 We hoped for peace(A)
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(B)
16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses(C)
    is heard from Dan;(D)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.(E)
They have come to devour(F)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

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

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