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“You dwell in the midst of deceit.
    In deceit they refuse to know Me.”
It is a declaration of Adonai.

Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot:
    “I am about to refine them and test them.
    For what else can I do
        for the daughter of My people?
Their tongue is a deadly arrow,
    speaking deceit.
    With his mouth
    each says shalom to his neighbor,
    while inwardly setting a trap for him.

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Friend deceives friend,(A)
    and no one speaks the truth.(B)
They have taught their tongues to lie;(C)
    they weary themselves with sinning.
You[a] live in the midst of deception;(D)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:

“See, I will refine(E) and test(F) them,
    for what else can I do
    because of the sin of my people?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)