^{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.

^{7 Ref} Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

^{8 Ref} A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

^{9 Ref} For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?