O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.

captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

The Lord says, “Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you.”