Basilisk-serpents,

Against whom availeth no charm,

But they shall bite you.[384]

Ah! That my grief is past comfort[385] 18

Faints on me my heart,

Lo, hark to the cry of my people

Wide o'er the land.[386]

“Is the Lord not in Ṣion, 19

Is there no king?[387]

[Why have they vexed Me with idols,