³² At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.

³ And though they ^(A)hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

¹⁹ It will be ^(A)as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!

³¹ The prophets prophesy ^(A)falsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people ^(B)love to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?

⁵ They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.

³ The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
Will be trampled underfoot;