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Their tongues are like sharp arrows.
    Their mouths speak lies.
Everyone speaks nicely to his neighbor.
    But he is secretly planning to attack him.
Shouldn’t I punish the people for doing this?” says the Lord.
    “Shouldn’t I give them the punishment they deserve?”

10 I, Jeremiah, will cry loudly for the mountains.
    I will sing a funeral song for the empty fields.
They are empty, and no one passes through.
    The mooing of cattle cannot be heard.
The birds have flown away,
    and the animals are gone.

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