World English Bible
Jeremiah 9:7
“Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 9
5
They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6
Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
7
Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
8
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
9
Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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