“Their tongue is a deadly arrow.It speaks deceit.One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.”
Jeremiah 9:8 (WEB)
Context Reading
6Your habitation is in the middle of deceit.Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh. 7Therefore Yahweh of Armies says,“Behold, I will melt them and test them;for how should I deal with the daughter of my people? 8Their tongue is a deadly arrow.It speaks deceit.One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,but in his heart, he waits to ambush him. 9Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh.“Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this? 10I will weep and wail for the mountains,and lament for the pastures of the wilderness,because they are burned up, so that no one passes through;Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock.Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.They are gone.