“They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.”
The image of breeding adder eggs and spinning spider's webs suggests that the community's evil is organic, self-perpetuating, and insubstantial—eggs from which new venom will emerge, webs that cannot shelter. The metaphor emphasizes that injustice generates further injustice and that human constructions cannot protect against moral consequences. The dual imagery of venomous creatures and fragile webs suggests both the virulence and fragility of evil systems: destructive but ultimately without substance. This verse's naturalistic imagery makes moral corruption seem inevitable while paradoxically suggesting its non-viability.
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