Jeremiah 9:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ People deceive their friends,
    and they don’t tell the truth.
They have taught their tongues to tell lies.
    They exhaust themselves practicing evil.^[a]
6 You yourself live in the midst of deception,
    and because they are deceived they do not know me,”
        declares the Lord.
⁷ Therefore, this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says:
“Look, I’m about to refine and test them.
    Because they’re my people, what else can I do?^[b]