Jeremiah 9:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ Every one deceives his neighbor,
    and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
    they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.^[a]
6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
    they refuse to know me, says the Lord.

“Behold, I will refine them and test them,
    for what else can I do, because of my people?