They consume their alcohol, then engage in cult prostitution; they dearly love their shameful behavior.

他们所喝的已经发酸，他们时常行淫，他们的官长最爱羞耻的事。

他们喝完了酒，荒淫无度，他们的官长甚爱羞耻的事。

他们喝完了酒，荒淫无度，他们的官长甚爱羞耻的事。

他们酒足兴尽之后，便不住地行淫；他们的首领恋慕羞耻之事。

他们醉意全消以后，就不断行淫；他们的官长最喜爱耻辱的事。

他們所喝的已經發酸，他們時常行淫，他們的官長最愛羞恥的事。

他們喝完了酒，荒淫無度，他們的官長甚愛羞恥的事。

他們喝完了酒，荒淫無度，他們的官長甚愛羞恥的事。

他們酒足興盡之後，便不住地行淫；他們的首領戀慕羞恥之事。

他們醉意全消以後，就不斷行淫；他們的官長最喜愛恥辱的事。

嘿，一羣醉漢！一味行淫；他們深愛羞辱、勝過他們所誇耀的。

彼縱飲既畢、則行淫不已、牧伯悅乎恥辱、

彼縱飲無度、恆作淫行、民牧所好、可醜之事、

彼縱飲已畢、遂即行淫、民牧喜悅可恥之事、

Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

They continue to be unfaithful to me even when their drinks are gone. And their rulers love to do shameful things.

When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame.

When the rulers of Israel finish their drinking, off they go to find some prostitutes. They love shame more than honor.

When their drinking is over, they turn to promiscuity. Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.

Their liquor is gone, They prostitute themselves continually; Their rulers dearly love shame.

Their drink is rebellion, They commit harlotry continually. Her rulers dearly love dishonor.

Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

When their drinking is over, they turn to promiscuity. Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.

Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers[ with] shame do love, Give ye.

Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.

Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say,“ The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”

The nobles of the nations assemble, along with the people of the God of Abraham, for God has authority over the rulers of the earth. He is highly exalted!

“ You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

This happened because the Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;they observed the practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel.The Israelites said things about the LORD their God that were not right. They built high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress.They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the LORD had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the LORD angry.They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.The LORD solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers,“ Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands.”But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the LORD their God.They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD and made him angry.

There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.

The leech has two daughters:“ Give! Give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say,“ Enough”–the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says,“ Enough!”

How tragic that the once- faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the LORD and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!”They replied,“ You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

For their vine is from the stock of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes contain venom, their clusters of grapes are bitter.Their wine is snakes’ poison, the deadly venom of cobras.

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.

But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.