There were even male prostitutes at the temples in the land. The people took part in all the practices of other nations. The Lord hated those practices. He had driven those nations out to make room for the Israelites.

国中也有娈童。犹大人效法耶和华在以色列人面前所赶出的外邦人，行一切可憎恶的事。

国中也有男的庙妓。他们效法耶和华在以色列人面前所赶出的外邦人，行一切可憎恶的事。

国中也有男的庙妓。他们效法耶和华在以色列人面前所赶出的外邦人，行一切可憎恶的事。

国中甚至男庙妓充斥。犹大人仿效耶和华在以色列人面前赶走的外族人，行各种可憎之事。

国内又有男妓，他们仿效耶和华在以色列人面前所赶出的外族人，行了一切可憎的事。

國中也有孌童。猶大人效法耶和華在以色列人面前所趕出的外邦人，行一切可憎惡的事。

國中也有男的廟妓。他們效法耶和華在以色列人面前所趕出的外邦人，行一切可憎惡的事。

國中也有男的廟妓。他們效法耶和華在以色列人面前所趕出的外邦人，行一切可憎惡的事。

國中甚至男廟妓充斥。猶大人仿效耶和華在以色列人面前趕走的外族人，行各種可憎之事。

國內又有男妓，他們仿效耶和華在以色列人面前所趕出的外族人，行了一切可憎的事。

猶大地也有男性廟倡；猶大人都依照永恆主從以色列人面前所趕出的外國人可厭惡的行為而行。

其地且有孌童、眾行異邦可憎之事、即耶和華於以色列人前、所逐諸族之事、○

昔異族行可惡之事、耶和華於以色列族前逐之、今民效尤、其地仍有孌童。○

其地亦有頑童、猶大人效主在以色列人前所逐之列族、行可憎之事、

There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.

There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.

there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites.

There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the same abominations of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

And there were also perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.

there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

And there were also sodomites in the land:[ and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.

There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel.

A man or woman in Israel must not become a temple prostitute.

Don’t you know that people who do wrong will not receive God’s kingdom? Don’t be fooled. Those who commit sexual sins will not receive the kingdom. Neither will those who worship statues of gods or commit adultery. Neither will men who sleep with other men.

He also tore down the rooms where the male temple prostitutes stayed. Those rooms were in the Lord’ s temple. Women had made cloth for Asherah in them.

Asa threw out of the land the male prostitutes who were at the temples. He got rid of all the statues of gods made by his people of long ago.

Jehoshaphat got rid of the rest of the male prostitutes who were at the temples. They had remained in the land even after the rule of his father Asa.

They called out to Lot. They said,“ Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us. We want to have sex with them.”

So God let them go. He allowed them to do what their sinful hearts wanted to. He let them commit sexual sins. They made one another’s bodies impure by what they did.They chose a lie instead of the truth about God. They worshiped and served created things. They didn’t worship the Creator. But he is praised forever. Amen.So God let them continue to have their shameful desires. Their women committed sexual acts that were not natural.In the same way, the men turned away from their natural love for women. They burned with sexual desire for each other. Men did shameful things with other men. They suffered in their bodies for all the wrong things they did.

They were inside enjoying themselves. But some of the evil men who lived in the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door. They shouted to the old man who owned the house. They said,“ Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sex with him.”