Jeremiah 9:5-7

Living Bible

⁵ With practiced tongues they fool and defraud each other; they wear themselves out with all their sinning.

⁶ “They pile evil upon evil, lie upon lie, and utterly refuse to come to me,” says the Lord.

⁷ Therefore, the Lord Almighty says this: “See, I will melt them in a crucible of affliction. I will refine them and test them like metal. What else can I do with them?