Jeremiah 9:2–9

²O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of ^bbwayfaring men;

That I might leave my people, and go from them!

For ^cthey be all adulterers, ^dan assembly of ^etreacherous men.

³And ^fthey bend their tongues like their bow for lies:

But ^gthey are not valiant for ^hthe truth upon the earth;

For they proceed from evil to evil,

And ^hithey know not me, saith the Lord.

^4kTake ye heed every one of his neighbour,

And ^ktrust ye not in any brother:

For every brother ^lwill utterly supplant,

And every neighbour ^mwill walk with slanders.

⁵And they will deceive every one his neighbour,

And will not speak the truth:

They have taught their tongue to speak lies,

And weary themselves ⁿto commit iniquity.

⁶Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit;

^oThrough deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts,

Behold, I will ^pmelt them, and ^qtry them;

For ^rhow shall I do for ^bthe daughter of my people?

^8fsTheir tongue is as an arrow shot out; ^tit speaketh deceit:

One ^uspeaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth,

But in heart ^vhe layeth his wait.

^9wShall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord:

Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?