Jeremiah 9:7-9

New International Reader's Version

“I will put them through the fire to test them.
    What else can I do?
    My people are so sinful!
⁸ Their tongues are like deadly arrows.
    They tell lies.
With their mouths all of them speak kindly to their neighbors.
    But in their hearts they set traps for them.
⁹ Shouldn’t I punish them for this?”
    announces the Lord.
“Shouldn’t I pay back the nation
    that does these things?”