The Meaning of Jeremiah 8:17 Explained

Jeremiah 8:17

KJV: For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

YLT: For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

Darby: For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

ASV: For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 8:17?

MEANING: What does Jeremiah 8:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 8:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Jeremiah 8:17?

What is the context of Jeremiah 8:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

What does Jeremiah 8:17 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The enemy would be like a batch of poisonous snakes that no one could charm, that would bite the people fatally (cf. Numbers 21:6-9).

Context Summary

Jeremiah 8:4-22 - False Promises Of Peace

This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the fight, so were the people set on evil. The very birds that were sensitive to the laws of migration, and obeyed the call of the sunnier clime, were more impressible than the Chosen People. God often calls us out of the stormy winter blasts to lands of sunny fellowship, but we will not heed. From Jeremiah 5:10 onward we have a description of the desolation about to visit the land. Notwithstanding the promises of false prophets, the invader overran the country and the exiled people might readily begin to question why such a fate had befallen them. To this there was but one answer. Their sin had cut them off from God's protecting care. Is not this the reason why harvests pass and summers end, and the years roll on, and still you are not saved? There is balm for your wounds, and a physician for your healing, but you do not avail yourselves of them; and God's love is powerless, however greatly He desires to help you, until you return. The father would do anything for the prodigal, but He has no chance so long as the prodigal remains in the far-land. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 8

¹ The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive
⁴ He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitency
¹³ He shows their grievous judgment;
¹⁸ and bewails their desperate estate

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 8:17 mean?

For behold I will send among you serpents Vipers which [can] not to be charmed and they shall bite you says Yahweh -

כִּי֩ הִנְנִ֨י מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ בָּכֶ֗ם נְחָשִׁים֙ צִפְעֹנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־ לָהֶ֖ם לָ֑חַשׁ וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה ס

הִנְנִ֨י	behold I
Parse: Interjection, first person common singular Root: הֵן Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ	will send
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: שָׁלַח Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
בָּכֶ֗ם	among you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
נְחָשִׁים֙	serpents
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: נָחָשׁ Sense: serpent, snake.
צִפְעֹנִ֔ים	Vipers
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: צֶפַע Sense: poisonous serpent.
אֵין־	[can] not
Parse: Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
לָ֑חַשׁ	be charmed
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לַחַשׁ Sense: whispering, charming.
וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ	and they shall bite
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural Root: נָשַׁךְ Sense: to bite.
נְאֻם־	says
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: נְאֻם Sense: (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet).
יְהוָֽה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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