Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:

“Behold, (A)I will refine them and [a]try them;
(B)For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?
Their tongue is an arrow shot out;
It speaks (C)deceit;
One speaks (D)peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
But [b]in his heart he [c]lies in wait.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:7 test
  2. Jeremiah 9:8 Inwardly he
  3. Jeremiah 9:8 sets his ambush

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