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

⁵ Everyone deceives his neighbor,
    and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
    they weary themselves committing iniquity.
⁶ Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
    ^(A)they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.