1 If only my head were a spring of water,and my eyes a fountain of tears,I would weep day and nightfor the wounds of my people.
2 If only I could flee for shelter in the desert,to leave my peopleand forget them—for they are all adulterers,a bunch of crooks.
3 They bend their tongues like bowsto spew out lies;they are renowned in the land,but not for truth.They go from bad to worse.They don’t know me!declares the Lord.
4 Be wary of your friends!Don’t trust your sibling!Every sibling is a cheater,and every friend traffics in slander.
5 One cheats the other;no one tells the truth;they train themselves to lie;they wear themselves out by doing wrong.
6 You live in a world of deceit, and in their deceitthey refuse to know me,declares the Lord.