TSK · Jeremiah 9:3

That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the LORD’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.

But the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not acknowledge the LORD’s authority.

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

But your ancestors did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.’”

Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

He said to me,“You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”

They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.

So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.