Ps 58:4-5; Ec 10:11; Jer 8:17, persons very common throughout India and Egypt, who claim to have the faculty of catching, taming, and controlling serpents, even the most venomous.
They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
"For behold, I am sending serpents against you, Adders, for which there is no charm, And they will bite you," declares the LORD.
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