^{3 Ref} And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

^{4 Ref} Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

^{5 Ref} And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

^{6 Ref} thy dwelling `is' in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.