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(A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
    falsehood and not truth has grown strong[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
    (B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
(C)Let everyone beware of his neighbour,
    and put no trust in any brother,
for every (D)brother is a deceiver,
    and every neighbour (E)goes about as a slanderer.
Everyone deceives his neighbour,
    and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
    they weary themselves committing iniquity.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong