Psalm 120:3-5

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What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?—
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Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the ^[a]burning coals of the broom tree.

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Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!^(A)

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Footnotes

Psalm 120:4 The ancient rabbis explained that coals from a broom tree are unusual in that they continue burning on the inside even after they are extinguished on the outside. They compared this to a person who listens to slander: even if you try to persuade him otherwise and he seems to be convinced, he is still “burning” on the inside, i.e. still unconvinced.