2 Oh that I had in the wildernessa lodging place of wayfaring men;that I might leave my people,and go from them!For they are all adulterers,an assembly of treacherous men.
3 “They bend their tongue,as their bow, for falsehood.They have grown strong in the land,but not for truth;for they proceed from evil to evil,and they don’t know me,” says the Lord.
4 “Everyone beware of his neighbour,and don’t trust in any brother;for every brother will utterly supplant,and every neighbour will go around with slanders.
5 Everyone will deceive their neighbours,and will not speak the truth.They have taught their tongue to speak lies.They weary themselves commiting iniquity.
6 Your habitation is in the middle of deceit.Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says the Lord.
7 Therefore the Lord of Hosts says,“Behold, I will melt them and test them;for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow.It speaks deceit.One speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth,but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.