5. Everyone will deceive his neighbor,And will not speak the truth;They have taught their tongue to speak lies;They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6. Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.
7. Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:“Behold, I will refine them and try them;For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?
8. Their tongue is an arrow shot out;It speaks deceit;One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,But in his heart he lies in wait.
9. Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord.“Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
10. I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,And for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation,Because they are burned up,So that no one can pass through;Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle.Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled;They are gone.