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This is what Yahweh Tsebaoth says:

I will now refine them with fire and test them.
    What else can I do for my dear people?
        Their tongues are like deadly arrows.
        They speak deceitfully.
    People speak politely to their neighbors,
    but they think of ways to set traps for them.
I will punish them for these things, declares Yahweh.
    I will punish this nation.
    I still won’t be satisfied.

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Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:

“See, I will refine(A) and test(B) them,
    for what else can I do
    because of the sin of my people?
Their tongue(C) is a deadly arrow;
    it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,(D)
    but in their hearts they set traps(E) for them.(F)
Should I not punish them for this?”
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(G) myself
    on such a nation as this?”

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