TSK · Jeremiah 9:4

“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!

“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.