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And everyone deceives his neighbor,
    and they do not speak the truth,
they have taught their tongues[a] to speak lies,[b]
    they are tired from going astray.
Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit,
    upon[c] deceit they refuse to know me,” declares[d] Yahweh.

Therefore, thus says Yahweh of hosts:

“Look, I am about to refine them,
    and I will test them,
for what else can I do,
    because of the presence[e] of the daughter of my people?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:5 Hebrew “tongue”
  2. Jeremiah 9:5 Hebrew “lie”
  3. Jeremiah 9:6 Or “through”
  4. Jeremiah 9:6 Literally “a declaration of”
  5. Jeremiah 9:7 Literally “faces”