Jerusalem, your silver isn’t pure anymore. Your best wine has been made weak with water.

你的银子变为渣滓；你的酒用水搀兑。

你的银子变为渣滓，你的酒用水冲淡。

你的银子变为渣滓，你的酒用水冲淡。

你曾经像银子，现在却像渣滓；曾经像美酒，现在却像搀了水的酒。

你的银子变成了渣滓，你的酒用水搀混。

你的银子成了渣滓，你的酒掺了水。

你的銀子變為渣滓；你的酒用水攙對。

你的銀子變為渣滓，你的酒用水沖淡。

你的銀子變為渣滓，你的酒用水沖淡。

你曾經像銀子，現在卻像渣滓；曾經像美酒，現在卻像攙了水的酒。

你的銀子變成了渣滓，你的酒用水攙混。

你的銀子變為渣滓，你的美酒用水攙雜。

你的銀子成了渣滓，你的酒摻了水。

爾銀為滓、酒雜以水、

爾銀變為滓、爾酒雜以水、

爾銀變為渣、爾酒雜以水、

Your silver has become dross, your choice wine is diluted with water.

Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.

Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered down wine.

Your silver has become dross to be discarded, your beer is diluted with water.

Your silver has become waste matter, Your drink diluted with water.

Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

Your silver has become dross, your beer is diluted with water.

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.

Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

“ Son of man, the people of Israel have become like scum to me. All of them are like the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are only the scum that is removed from silver.”So the Lord and King says,“ People of Israel, all of you have become like scum. So I will gather you together in Jerusalem.People put silver, copper, iron, lead and tin into a furnace. They melt it with a blazing fire. In the same way, I will gather you. I will pour out my burning anger on you. I will put you inside the city and melt you.I will gather you together. My burning anger will blaze out at you. And you will be melted inside Jerusalem.Silver is melted in a furnace. And you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I have poured out my burning anger on you. I am the Lord.”

Look at how the gold has lost its brightness! See how dull the fine gold has become! The sacred jewels are scattered at every street corner.The priceless children of Zion were worth their weight in gold. But now they are thought of as clay pots made by the hands of a potter.

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

All of them are used to disobeying me. They go around telling lies about others. They are like bronze mixed with iron. All of them do very sinful things.The fire is made very hot so the lead will burn away. But it is impossible to make these people pure. Those who are evil are not removed.They are like silver that is thrown away. That is because I have not accepted them.”

Unlike many people, we aren’t selling God’s word to make money. In fact, it is just the opposite. Because of Christ we speak honestly before God. We speak like people God has sent.

The Lord says,“ Ephraim, what can I do with you? And what can I do with you, Judah? Your love for me vanishes like the morning mist. It soon disappears like the early dew.