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Jeremiah 9:8

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Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:6

    Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

  2. Jeremiah 9:7

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

  3. Jeremiah 9:9

    Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  4. Jeremiah 9:10

    For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

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