“They bend their tongue,as their bow, for falsehood.They have grown strong in the land,but not for truth;for they proceed from evil to evil,and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.”
Jeremiah 9:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Oh that my head were waters,and my eyes a spring of tears,that I might weep day and nightfor the slain of the daughter of my people! 2Oh that I had in the wildernessa lodging place of wayfaring men,that I might leave my peopleand go from them!For they are all adulterers,an assembly of treacherous men. 3“They bend their tongue,as their bow, for falsehood.They have grown strong in the land,but not for truth;for they proceed from evil to evil,and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh. 4“Everyone beware of his neighbor,and don’t trust in any brother;for every brother will utterly supplant,and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer. 5Friends deceive each other,and will not speak the truth.They have taught their tongue to speak lies.They weary themselves committing iniquity.