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

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、

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

“ 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 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 never have enough. Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain. And though you try to save your money, it will come to nothing in the end. You will save a little, but I will give it to those who conquer you.

I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.

You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!

The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird, for your children will not be born or grow in the womb or even be conceived.Even if you do have children who grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone.I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre. But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”O Lord, what should I request for your people? I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth and breasts that give no milk.The Lord says,“ All their wickedness began at Gilgal; there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my land because of their evil actions. I will love them no more because all their leaders are rebels.The people of Israel are struck down. Their roots are dried up, and they will bear no more fruit. And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children.”My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless among the nations.

But after Jehoiada’s death, the leaders of Judah came and bowed before King Joash and persuaded him to listen to their advice.

The godly eat to their hearts’ content, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.

But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.

However, if righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things and act like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, of course not! All their righteous acts will be forgotten, and they will die for their sins.

But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O Lord. Take them away with those who do evil. May Israel have peace!

Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:“ My servants will eat, but you will starve. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be sad and ashamed.My servants will sing for joy, but you will cry in sorrow and despair.Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign Lord will destroy you and will call his true servants by another name.All who invoke a blessing or take an oath will do so by the God of truth. For I will put aside my anger and forget the evil of earlier days.

Recently you repented and did what was right, following my command. You freed your slaves and made a solemn covenant with me in the Temple that bears my name.

“ Listen, you priests— this command is for you!Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,“ or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile.

And I will destroy those who used to worship me but now no longer do. They no longer ask for the Lord’s guidance or seek my blessings.”

And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.They prove the truth of this proverb:“ A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says,“ A washed pig returns to the mud.”