Jeremiah 8:15-19

We waited for peace, but no good came; For a time of healing, but behold, terror!

From Dan there is heard the snorting of his horses; At the sound of the neighing of his stallions The whole land quakes; For they come and devour the land and its fullness, The city and its inhabitants.

“For behold, I am sending serpents among you, Vipers for which there is no charm; And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.

My sorrow is beyond healing, My heart is faint within me!

Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?” “Why have they provoked Me with their carved images, with foreign idols?”