Jeremiah 9:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ You yourself live in the midst of deception,
    and because they are deceived they do not know me,”
        declares the Lord.
⁷ Therefore, this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says:
“Look, I’m about to refine and test them.
    Because they’re my people, what else can I do?^[a]
8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow
    that speaks deceit.
With his mouth a person says, ‘Peace,’ to his friend,
    but inwardly he sets a trap for him.