Imminent Ruin and Exile

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,(A)
and every friend spread slander.(B)
Each one betrays his friend;(C)
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
You live in a world of deception.[a](D)
In their deception they refuse to know me.(E)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:6 LXX reads Oppression on oppression, deceit on deceit

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