OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan.

The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones;

for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it,

the city and those who dwell therein.”

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Jeremiah 8:16 in context

Jeremiah 8:13–19

“‘I will utterly consume them, says the LORD.

No grapes will be on the vine,

no figs on the fig tree,

and the leaf will fade.

The things that I have given them

will pass away from them.’”

“Why do we sit still?

Assemble yourselves!

Let’s enter into the fortified cities,

and let’s be silent there;

for the LORD our God has put us to silence,

and given us poisoned water to drink,

because we have sinned against the LORD.

We looked for peace, but no good came;

and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

Selected verse

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan.

The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones;

for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it,

the city and those who dwell therein.”

“For, behold, I will send serpents,

adders among you,

which will not be charmed;

and they will bite you,” says the LORD.

Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow!

My heart is faint within me.

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off:

“Isn’t the LORD in Zion?

Isn’t her King in her?”

“Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images,

and with foreign idols?”

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