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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 8:17 - 8:17
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cockatrices - basilisks (Isa 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, Psa 58:5).