The lipsof my assailantsand their whispering[Are] againstme alldaylong.
They sharpentheir tonguesas a serpent;Poisonof a viperis undertheir lips.Selah.
[On account of] the sinof their mouth[and] the wordsof their lips,Let them even be caughtin their pride,And on accountof cursesand lieswhich they utter.
Behold,they belchforthwith their mouth;Swordsare in their lips,For, [they say], "Whohears?"
Then they said,"Comeand let us deviseplansagainstJeremiah.Surelythe lawis not going to be lostto the priest,norcounselto the sage,northe [divine] wordto the prophet!Comeon and let us strikeat him with [our] tongue,and let us givenoheedto anyof his words."
thereforeprophesyand say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"For good reasonthey have madeyou desolateand crushedyou from everyside,that you would becomea possessionof the restof the nationsand you have been takenup in the talkand the whisperingof the people."'"
