Jeremiah 9:2-9

2Oh that I had in the desert a travelers' lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.

3They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.

4Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

5Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

6Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

7Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?

8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.

9Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?