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Jeremiah watches a metalworker refine ore as two neighbors speak politely and one conceals an arrow.
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Jeremiah 9:6-8

Testing the tongue

Let the One Who Boasts Know Me · Jeremiah 9

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6Therefore, thus says Yahweh of hosts: Behold, I am refining them and testing them, for how else can I act because of the daughter of my people?

7Their tongue is a slaughtering arrow; it speaks deceit. With his mouth each man speaks peace to his neighbor, but within himself he sets his ambush.

8Shall I not punish them for these things? declares Yahweh. Shall my soul not avenge itself on a nation such as this?

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