They speak mere words, taking false oaths while making covenants. So lawsuits break out like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

他们为立约说谎言，起假誓；因此，灾罚如苦菜滋生在田间的犁沟中。

他们讲空话，以假誓立约；因此，惩罚如苦菜滋生在田间的犁沟中。

他们讲空话，以假誓立约；因此，惩罚如苦菜滋生在田间的犁沟中。

他们说虚话，起假誓，立空盟，因此不法之事滋长，犹如田间犁沟中蔓延的毒草。

他们说很多话，起假誓，又立盟约；所以审判像毒草一般在田间的犁沟中生长起来。

他們為立約說謊言，起假誓；因此，災罰如苦菜滋生在田間的犂溝中。

他們講空話，以假誓立約；因此，懲罰如苦菜滋生在田間的犁溝中。

他們講空話，以假誓立約；因此，懲罰如苦菜滋生在田間的犁溝中。

他們說虛話，起假誓，立空盟，因此不法之事滋長，猶如田間犁溝中蔓延的毒草。

他們說很多話，起假誓，又立盟約；所以審判像毒草一般在田間的犁溝中生長起來。

嘿，講空話，起假誓，立盟約！莫怪司法如毒草、發生於田間的犂溝中呀！

彼出虛言、假誓立約、故災罰滋生、若毒草之於隴畝、

先知曰、斯民立約誑辭是尚、故災害必降、譬諸茵蔯、生於田疇、

斯民出言惟虛、立盟妄誓、故災罰滋生、如茵蔯生於田隴、

They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

They make a lot of promises. They make agreements among themselves. They make promises they don’t mean to keep. So court cases spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

They spout empty words and make covenants they don’t intend to keep. So injustice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer’s field.

They speak mere words, With worthless oaths they make covenants; And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

They have spoken words, Swearing falsely in making a covenant. Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

They speak mere words, taking false oaths while making covenants. So lawsuits break out like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.

Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does anyone plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,so that the kingdom would be humble and not exalt itself but would keep his covenant in order to endure.However, this king revolted against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so they might give him horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still escape?“‘ As I live— this is the declaration of the Lord GOD— he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast company will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand in pledge. He will not escape!“‘ Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: As I live, I will bring down on his head my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke.

King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea in a conspiracy: He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.

But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed me.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

senseless, untrustworthy, unloving, and unmerciful.

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.

transgression and deception against the LORD, turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil is plundered. The LORD saw that there was no justice, and he was offended.

The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from heaven. It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water.The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. So, many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.

For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.

For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by wickedness.”