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“They use their tongues like a bow;
    lies fly from their mouths like arrows.
Lies, not truth,
    have grown strong in this land.
They go from one sin to another.
    They don’t know me.”
    This is what the Lord said.

“Watch your neighbors!
    Don’t trust your own brothers,
because every brother is a cheat.
    Every neighbor talks behind your back.
Everyone lies to their neighbor.
    No one speaks the truth.
The people of Judah have taught
    their tongues to lie.
They sinned until they were too tired
    to come back.

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“They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge(B) me,”
declares the Lord.
“Beware of your friends;(C)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.(D)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[b](E)
    and every friend a slanderer.(F)
Friend deceives friend,(G)
    and no one speaks the truth.(H)
They have taught their tongues to lie;(I)
    they weary themselves with sinning.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth
  2. Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob