1. Oh, that my head were waters,And my eyes a fountain of tears,That I might weep day and nightFor the slain of the daughter of my people!
2. Oh, that I had in the wildernessA lodging place for travelers;That I might leave my people,And go from them!For they are all adulterers,An assembly of treacherous men.
3. “And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies.They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.For they proceed from evil to evil,And they do not know Me,” says the Lord.
4. “Everyone take heed to his neighbor,And do not trust any brother;For every brother will utterly supplant,And every neighbor will walk with slanderers.
5. Everyone will deceive his neighbor,And will not speak the truth;They have taught their tongue to speak lies;They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6. Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.
7. Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:“Behold, I will refine them and try them;For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?
8. Their tongue is an arrow shot out;It speaks deceit;One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,But in his heart he lies in wait.