Jeremiah 9:8 meaning and explanation
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
Jeremiah 9:8, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is speaking through Jeremiah about the moral collapse of Judah just before the Babylonian crisis. Verse 8 pictures speech as a weapon: the tongue is a deadly arrow, and a man greets his neighbor with peace while secretly planning his harm.
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