Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Jer 8:17

“For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.”

“I--Jehovah. 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 58:4-5).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.