Jeremiah 9:1-7 (New Century Version)

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1 I wish my head were like a spring of water and my eyes like a fountain of tears! Then I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed. 2 I wish I had a place in the desert -- a house where travelers spend the night -- so I could leave my people. I could go away from them, because they are all unfaithful to God; they are all turning against him. 3 "They use their tongues like a bow, shooting lies from their mouths like arrows. Lies, not truth, have grown strong in the land. They go from one evil thing to another. They do not know who I am," says the Lord. 4 "Watch out for your friends, and don't trust your own relatives, because every relative is a cheater, and every friend tells lies about you. 5 Everyone lies to his friend, and no one speaks the truth. tongues to lie. They have become tired from sinning. 6 Jeremiah, you live in the middle of lies. With their lies the people refuse to know me," says the Lord. 7 So this is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "I will test the people of Judah as a person tests metal in a fire. I have no other choice, because my people have sinned.

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