“They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.”
The description of people speaking falsehood with flattering lips and a double heart establishes corrupted speech as the primary problem plaguing humanity. The flattering lips suggest manipulative language designed to deceive, while the double heart suggests inner duplicity beneath outward appearance. The emphasis on speech suggests that linguistic corruption manifests spiritual degeneration. This verse particularizes the general moral collapse of verse 1, establishing that dishonesty becomes the norm.
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