One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them."

The Lord continued, "Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

So I, Jeremiah, tell you, "Each of you people should say to his friend or his relative, 'How did the Lord answer? Or what did the Lord say?'

Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, "Have some wine."

Since it was the ninth month of the year, the king was sitting in his winter quarters. A fire was burning in the firepot in front of him.