Be on your guard, everyone against his neighbor;
put no trust in any brother.
Every brother imitates Jacob, the supplanter,
every neighbor is guilty of slander.
Each one deceives the other,
no one speaks the truth.
They have accustomed their tongues to lying,
they are perverse and cannot repent.
Violence upon violence,
deceit upon deceit:
They refuse to know me—
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Jeremiah 9:3–5