“They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge(B) me,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth

You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair(A) it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the Lord.(B)

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30 “‘I am filled with fury against you,[a] declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:30 Or How feverish is your heart,

“What can I do with you, Ephraim?(A)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.(B)

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Their heart is deceitful,(A)
    and now they must bear their guilt.(B)
The Lord will demolish their altars(C)
    and destroy their sacred stones.(D)

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This is what the Lord Almighty(A) says: “These people(B) say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.(C)’”

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“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(A) while this house remains a ruin?(B)

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