Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Jeremiah 8:17
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Jeremiah8:17
17. I--Jehovah.
cockatrices--basilisks (Is 11:8), that is, enemies whose destructive power no means, by persuasion or otherwise, can counteract. Serpent-charmers in the East entice serpents by music, and by a particular pressure on the neck render them incapable of darting (Psa 58:4, 5).
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