(a)(A)Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers’ lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are (B)adulterers, An assembly of (C)treacherous men.
“They (D)bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they (E)proceed from evil to evil, And they (F)do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
“Let everyone (G)be on guard against his neighbor, And (H)do not trust any brother; Because every (I)brother deals (b)craftily, And every neighbor (J)goes about as a slanderer.
“Everyone (K)deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They (L)weary themselves committing iniquity.