Jeremiah 9:2-4

International Children’s Bible

² I wish I had a place in the desert—
    a house where travelers spend the night.
Then I could leave my people.
    I could go away from them.
This is because they are all unfaithful to God.
    They are all turning against him.

³ “They use their tongues like a bow.
    They shoot lies from their mouths like arrows.
Lies, not truth,
    have grown strong in the land.
They go from one evil thing to another.
    They do not know who I am,” says the Lord.
⁴ “Watch your friends.
    Don’t trust your own brothers.
This is because every brother is a cheater.
    And every friend tells lies about you.