Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 8:17
I—Jehovah.
cockatrices—basilisks (Isaiah 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 (Psalms 58:4-5).
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