I will send - Or, am sending. No prophet changes his metaphors so suddenly as Jeremiah. The invading army is now compared to snakes…

Serpents, cockatrices. —There is a sudden change of figure, one new image of terror starting from the history of the fiery serpent…

Therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. I will surely consume …

He increases their terror by another comparison—that not only would enemies violently attack them, but their bitings would also be venomous. He had…

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you , &c.] The Chaldeans, comparable to these noxious and hurtful c…

Finally, they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when God appears against us, everything that is against us appears formidable. As salvati…

Here, Jeremiah speaks of a punishment similar to the one mentioned above.