“Everyone will deceive their neighbors, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves commiting iniquity.”
— WEB
Jeremiah 9:5
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“And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.”
— KJV
“And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.”
— ASV
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Commentary
weary themselves--are at laborious pains to act perversely [MAURER]. Sin is a hard bondage (Hab 2:13).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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