15. We looked for peace,but no good came;and for a time of health,but there was trouble!
16. The snorting of his horseswas heard from Dan;the whole land trembledat the sound of the neighing of his strong ones.For they have come and have devouredthe land and all that is in it,the city, and those who dwell in it.
17. See, I will send serpents against you,adders, which will not be charmed,and they will bite you,declares the Lord.
18. My sorrow is beyond healing;my heart is faint within me.
19. Listen! The cry of the daughter of my peoplefrom a far country:“Is not the Lord in Zion?Is not her king in her?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images,with foreign vanities?”