Jeremiah 8:14-17

English Standard Version

¹⁴ Why do we sit still?
^(A)Gather together; ^(B)let us go into the fortified cities
    and perish there,
for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and has ^(C)given us ^(D)poisoned water to drink,
    because we have sinned against the Lord.
^15 (E)We looked for peace, but no good came;
    for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

^16 (F)“The snorting of their horses is heard ^(G)from Dan;
    at the sound of the neighing ^(H)of their stallions
    ^(I)the whole land quakes.
They come ^(J)and devour the land and all that fills it,
    the city and those who dwell in it.
¹⁷ For behold, I am sending among you ^(K)serpents,
    adders ^(L)that cannot be charmed,
    ^(M)and they shall bite you,”
declares the Lord.