Jeremiah 9:5
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Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
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You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,