Variantly: Read it not "And the tooth of beasts (behemoth) I will send against them," but "and 'a tooth' — 'death' — will I send in them" (bam).
"with chamath": One of them will become heated (mithchamem), bite himself, raise an ulcer, and die. Variantly: They heated themselves and committed all the sins of illicit relations.
"the crawlers in the dust": They crawled in the dust. Variantly: The crawlers in the dust are the serpents, whose "realm" is the dust.
(Ibid. 25) "On the outside (of the city) the sword (of legions) shall devour (them) "— whence they derived: "In time of war, 'gather in' your legs" (i.e., stay at home); "in time of famine, 'spread out' your legs (and leave)." And thus is it written (Jeremiah 19:18) "If I go out to the field, there are the slain of the sword! And if I enter the city, there are the sick with famine!" And (Ezekiel 7:15) "Whoever is in the field will die by the sword, and whoever is in the city, famine and plague will consume him."