Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongues like their bow for lies.

As the bent bow hurls the arrow and wounds or slays, so the lies of the deceivers and slanderers are shot forth to hurt the innocent. Jeremiah as the head of the party of Jehovah, was the target of the slanders of the false prophets. There was an effort on the part of his opposers to destroy his credit and influence. His history abounds with accounts of his conflicts with the "princes," and of their persecutions.