“And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.”
The deceitfulness of the people: 'They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me, declares the LORD.' This verse characterizes the people as weaponizing their tongues: their words are 'like a bow' shooting 'lies.' The phrase 'it is not by truth that they triumph' indicates a society based on deception rather than truthfulness. The progression 'from one sin to another' suggests escalating wickedness. Theologically, this verse indicates that the people's society is fundamentally disordered: lies are treated as truth, deceit as virtue.
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