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

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.

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

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

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 are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over— a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead.So tell them,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury.I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you,and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my fury on you.’”

How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets!See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like pots of clay made by a common potter.

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

They are the worst kind of rebel, full of slander. They are as hard as bronze and iron, and they lead others into corruption.The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains.I will label them‘ Rejected Silver,’ for I, the Lord, am discarding them.”

You see, we are not like the many hucksters who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.

“ O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?” asks the Lord.“ For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.