Jeremiah 9:1-6

New King James Version

Disobedience Brings God’s Judgment

9 Oh, ^(A)that my head were waters,
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
²Oh, that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place for travelers;
That I might leave my people,
And go from them!
For ^(B)they are all adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.

³“And like their bow ^(C)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from ^(D)evil to evil,
And they ^(E)do not know Me,” says the Lord.
⁴“Everyone^(F) take heed to his ^[a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will ^(G)walk with slanderers.
⁵Everyone will ^(H)deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
⁶Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

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Jeremiah 13:8-11

New King James Version

⁸Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁹“Thus says the Lord: ‘In this manner ^(A)I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great ^(B)pride of Jerusalem. ¹⁰This evil people, who ^(C)refuse to hear My words, who ^(D)follow^[a] the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing. ¹¹For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,’ says the Lord, ‘that ^(E)they may become My people, ^(F)for renown, for praise, and for ^(G)glory; but they would ^(H)not hear.’