Jeremiah

¹Oh that my head were waters,and my eyes a spring of tears,that I might weep day and nightfor the slain of the daughter of my people! ²Oh 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 neighbor,and don’t trust in any brother;for every brother will utterly supplant,and every neighbor will go around with slanders. ⁵Everyone will deceive their neighbors,and will not speak the truth.They have taught their tongue to speak lies.They weary themselves commiting iniquity. ⁶Your habitation is in the middle of deceit.Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says the Lord. ⁷Therefore the Lord of Hosts says,“Behold, I will melt them and test them;for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?