Jeremiah 9:3-8

3 aThey bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong
Septuagint; Hebrew  and not for truth they have grown strong
in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
cand they do not know me, declares the Lord.
4 dLet everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every ebrother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor fgoes about as a slanderer.
5Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
gthey refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
Behold, hI will refine them and itest them,
for what else can I do, jbecause of my people?
8 kTheir tongue is a deadly arrow;
lit speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth meach speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart nhe plans an ambush for him.
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