“Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 46 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.