Jeremiah 9:1-6 (New International Version)

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1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears!¹ I would weep² day and night for the slain of my people.³ 2 Oh, that I had in the desert⁴ a lodging place for travelers, so that I might leave my people and go away from them; for they are all adulterers,⁵ a crowd of unfaithful⁶ people. 3 "They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies;⁷ it is not by truth that they triumph^a in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge⁸ me," declares the LORD. 4 "Beware of your friends;⁹ do not trust your brothers.¹⁰ For every brother is a deceiver,^b¹¹ and every friend a slanderer.¹² 5 Friend deceives friend,¹³ and no one speaks the truth.¹⁴ They have taught their tongues to lie;¹⁵ they weary themselves with sinning. 6 You^c live in the midst of deception;¹⁶ in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me," declares the LORD.

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