Jeremiah 9:4-6

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁴ “Beware of your neighbors.
Don’t trust your relatives.
Every relative cheats.
Every neighbor goes around slandering.
⁵ Everyone cheats his neighbor.
No one speaks the truth.
My people train their tongues to speak lies.
They wear themselves out doing wrong.
⁶ Oppression follows oppression.^[a]
Deceit follows deceit.
They refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.