“ They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not flourish, because they have deserted the Lord to give themselves

他们吃，却不得饱；行淫，而不得立后；因为他们离弃耶和华，不遵他的命。”

他们吃，却不得饱足；行淫，却不繁衍；因为他们离弃耶和华，常行

他们吃，却不得饱足；行淫，却不繁衍；因为他们离弃耶和华，常行

使你们吃却不得饱足，行淫却不得后代。因为你们背弃耶和华，

他们吃，却吃不饱；行淫，人数却不会增多；因为他们离弃了耶和华，不遵守他的命令。

他們吃，卻不得飽；行淫，而不得立後；因為他們離棄耶和華，不遵他的命。

他們吃，卻不得飽足；行淫，卻不繁衍；因為他們離棄耶和華，常行

他們吃，卻不得飽足；行淫，卻不繁衍；因為他們離棄耶和華，常行

使你們吃卻不得飽足，行淫卻不得後代。因為你們背棄耶和華，

他們吃，卻吃不飽；行淫，人數卻不會增多；因為他們離棄了耶和華，不遵守他的命令。

他們喫，也喫不飽；他們行淫，卻不能得滿意；因為他們離棄了永恆主去躭於行淫。

彼將食而不飽、淫而不育、因其棄耶和華、而不從之、

彼不崇我耶和華、過飽則臟腑傷、過淫則生育寡、

雖食不得飽、與婦交、不增人、因違棄主、不守法度、

“ My people will eat. But they will not have enough. They will have sex with prostitutes. But they will not have any children. That’s because they have deserted me. They have sex

They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply, because they have forsaken the Lord to cherish

They will eat and still be hungry. They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it, for they have deserted the Lord

They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned their devotion to the LORD.

They will eat, but not have enough; They will play the prostitute, but not increase, Because they gave up devoting themselves to the Lord.

For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry, but not increase; Because they have ceased obeying the Lord.

And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned their devotion to the Lord.

For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the LORD by pursuing other gods.

They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty. You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword.

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.

You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim will bring out their children to the slayer.”Give them, Lord— what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry.“ Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring.”My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations.

After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

The righteous eat to their hearts’ content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.

“ I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters- in- law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes— a people without understanding will come to ruin!

“ But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.

Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:“ My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign Lord will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.

“ And now, you priests, this warning is for you.If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty,“ I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.“ Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.

those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”

If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.Of them the proverbs are true:“ A dog returns to its vomit,” and,“ A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”