Each one betrays his friend;
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
You live in a world of deception.[a]
In their deception they refuse to know Me.(A)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

I am about to refine them and test them,(B)
for what else can I do
because of My dear[b] people?[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:6 LXX reads Oppression on oppression, deceit on deceit
  2. Jeremiah 9:7 Lit of the daughter of My
  3. Jeremiah 9:7 LXX, Tg read because of their evils

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