†Oh athat my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night for the slain of bthe daughter of my people! 2 Oh 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. 3 And 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. 4 kTake 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. 5 And 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. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; oThrough deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. 7 Therefore 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? 8 fsTheir 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.

9 wShall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?