17  For behold, I am sending among you ^cserpents,

adders ^dthat cannot be charmed,

^eand they shall bite you,”

declares the Lord.

17  ^jthey shall lick the dust like a serpent,

like the crawling things of the earth;

^kthey shall come trembling out of their strongholds;

^lthey shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,

and they shall be in fear of you.