Jeremiah 9:2-9 Oh that I had in the wilderness, a wayfarers’ lodge, That I might leave my people, and go from them,––For, they all, are, Adulterers, An assemblage of traitors;

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Oh that I had in the wilderness, a wayfarers’ lodge, That I might leave my people, and go from them,––For, they all, are, Adulterers, An assemblage of traitors; ³ Who have prepared their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land,––For, from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But, me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh. ⁴ Every one, of his neighbour, beware ye, And, in no brother, may ye trust,––For, every brother, supplanteth! And, every neighbour, as a tale–bearer, goeth about; ⁵ Yea, every one, of his neighbour, maketh a dupe, And, truth, they do not speak,––They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, In acting perversely, they have wearied themselves. ⁶ Thy dwelling, is in the midst of deceit,––Through deceit, have they rejected the knowledge of, me, Declareth Yahweh. ⁷ Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! melting them, so will I try them,––For, how else should I do, because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people? ⁸ A pointed arrow, is their tongue, Deceit, hath it spoken,––With his mouth, peace unto his neighbour, doth one speak, But, within himself, he layeth his ambush. ⁹ For these things, shall I not bring punishment on them? Demandeth Yahweh,––On a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself!