Isaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

44:20 ESV

逐节对照

English Standard Version - He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
新标点和合本 - 他以灰为食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他以灰尘为食，心里迷糊，以致偏邪，不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他以灰尘为食，心里迷糊，以致偏邪，不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
当代译本 - 他们以灰为食，心智迷糊，走入歧途，不能自救，也不会说：“我右手拿的神像岂不是假的吗？”
圣经新译本 - 他所追求的只是灰尘，被迷惑了的心使他偏离正道了；他不能救自己，也不会说： “在我的右手中不是有个假神吗？”
中文标准译本 - 他们追求的只是灰烬；他们的心受了迷惑，使他们偏离正道；他们不能救自己，也不会说：“我右手中的，难道不是虚谎之物吗？”
现代标点和合本 - 他以灰为食，心中昏迷使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
和合本（拼音版） - 他以灰为食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
New International Version - Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
New International Reader's Version - That’s as foolish as eating ashes! The mind of someone like that has led him astray. He can’t save himself. He can’t bring himself to say, “This thing I’m holding in my right hand isn’t really a god at all.”
New Living Translation - The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”
The Message - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Christian Standard Bible - He feeds on ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot rescue himself, or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
New American Standard Bible - He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has misled him. And he cannot save himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
New King James Version - He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Amplified Bible - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
American Standard Version - He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
King James Version - He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
New English Translation - He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
World English Bible - He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
新標點和合本 - 他以灰為食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他以灰塵為食，心裏迷糊，以致偏邪，不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他以灰塵為食，心裏迷糊，以致偏邪，不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
當代譯本 - 他們以灰為食，心智迷糊，走入歧途，不能自救，也不會說：「我右手拿的神像豈不是假的嗎？」
聖經新譯本 - 他所追求的只是灰塵，被迷惑了的心使他偏離正道了；他不能救自己，也不會說： “在我的右手中不是有個假神嗎？”
呂振中譯本 - 嘿，以爐灰為食的人！被愚弄的心使他偏行了；他不能援救自己，也不能說：『莫非我右手中有虛假？』
中文標準譯本 - 他們追求的只是灰燼；他們的心受了迷惑，使他們偏離正道；他們不能救自己，也不會說：「我右手中的，難道不是虛謊之物嗎？」
現代標點和合本 - 他以灰為食，心中昏迷使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
文理和合譯本 - 彼乃食灰、中心昏迷、使之離途、弗能自救、不知自言、我之右手所執、非虛誕乎、○
文理委辦譯本 - 彼心昏迷、所望成空、若食燼餘而不悟、不知右手所作、悉屬虛妄。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼如以灰為食、中心昏昧、入於迷途、不知自救、不自曰、我右手所作、悉屬虛妄、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Se alimentan de cenizas, se dejan engañar por su iluso corazón, no pueden salvarse a sí mismos, ni decir: «¡Lo que tengo en mi diestra es una mentira!»
현대인의 성경 - 그는 거짓에 미혹되어 자신을 구할 수도 없고 자기 손에 들고 있는 우상이 신이 아니라고 말하지도 못한다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Он словно гоняется за пылью, обманутый разум сбил его с пути; он не может спасти себя или сказать: «Разве то, что в моей правой руке, не ложь?»
Восточный перевод - Он словно гоняется за пылью, обманутый разум сбил его с пути; он не может спасти себя или сказать: «Разве то, что в моей правой руке, не ложь?»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он словно гоняется за пылью, обманутый разум сбил его с пути; он не может спасти себя или сказать: «Разве то, что в моей правой руке, не ложь?»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он словно гоняется за пылью, обманутый разум сбил его с пути; он не может спасти себя или сказать: «Разве то, что в моей правой руке, не ложь?»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il se repaît de cendres, car son cœur abusé ╵l’a mené dans l’erreur, il ne sauvera pas sa vie et ne dira jamais : « Ce que je tiens en main, ╵n’est-ce pas une tromperie ? »
リビングバイブル - 人にだまされている哀れな者は灰を食べます。何の助けにもならないものを頼りにしているからです。彼はまともな考え方ができません。「この手に握っている偶像は偽の神ではないか」と自分に問うことができないのです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Ele se alimenta de cinzas, um coração iludido o desvia; ele é incapaz de salvar a si mesmo ou de dizer: “Esta coisa na minha mão direita não é uma mentira?”
Hoffnung für alle - Genauso gut könnte er die Asche des verbrannten Holzes anbeten! Sein Herz hat ihn verführt und betrogen. Er verspielt sein Leben und will nicht wahrhaben, dass er an einem Lügengebilde festhält.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thật tội nghiệp, kẻ dại dột bị lừa dối ăn tro. Lại tin vào vật không thể giúp được mình Sao không tự hỏi: “Có phải thần tượng ta cầm trong tay là giả dối không?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เขายังชีพด้วยขี้เถ้า จิตใจที่ลุ่มหลงนำเขาหลงเจิ่นไป เขาไม่อาจช่วยเหลือตัวเองหรือพูดว่า “สิ่งที่อยู่ในมือขวาของเรานี้เป็นสิ่งหลอกลวงไม่ใช่หรือ?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เขากินขี้เถ้า ใจที่หลงผิดทำให้เขาถูกหลอกลวง และเขาช่วยตัวเองให้รอดไม่ได้ หรือแม้จะพูดว่า “สิ่งที่ฉันถือในมือขวานี้เป็นสิ่งหลอกลวงหรือเปล่า”

交叉引用

Isaiah 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.
Isaiah 59:4 - No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Revelation 13:14 - and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
Romans 1:20 - For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:21 - For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Revelation 20:3 - and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
Jeremiah 16:19 - O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
2 Timothy 3:13 - while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10 - and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:11 - Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,
Proverbs 15:14 - The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
1 Kings 22:20 - and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.
1 Kings 22:21 - Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
1 Kings 22:22 - And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’
1 Kings 22:23 - Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”
1 Timothy 4:2 - through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Luke 15:16 - And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
2 Timothy 2:13 - if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.
Isaiah 28:15 - Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
Isaiah 28:16 - therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
Isaiah 28:17 - And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
Revelation 18:23 - and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
Habakkuk 2:18 - “What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
Isaiah 59:13 - transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Job 15:2 - “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Hosea 12:1 - Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
Hosea 4:12 - My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore.
Romans 1:28 - And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
Romans 1:25 - because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
Job 15:31 - Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment.
Psalms 102:9 - For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,

逐节对照

交叉引用

English Standard Version - He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
新标点和合本 - 他以灰为食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他以灰尘为食，心里迷糊，以致偏邪，不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他以灰尘为食，心里迷糊，以致偏邪，不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
当代译本 - 他们以灰为食，心智迷糊，走入歧途，不能自救，也不会说：“我右手拿的神像岂不是假的吗？”
圣经新译本 - 他所追求的只是灰尘，被迷惑了的心使他偏离正道了；他不能救自己，也不会说： “在我的右手中不是有个假神吗？”
中文标准译本 - 他们追求的只是灰烬；他们的心受了迷惑，使他们偏离正道；他们不能救自己，也不会说：“我右手中的，难道不是虚谎之物吗？”
现代标点和合本 - 他以灰为食，心中昏迷使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
和合本（拼音版） - 他以灰为食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
New International Version - Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
New International Reader's Version - That’s as foolish as eating ashes! The mind of someone like that has led him astray. He can’t save himself. He can’t bring himself to say, “This thing I’m holding in my right hand isn’t really a god at all.”
New Living Translation - The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”
The Message - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Christian Standard Bible - He feeds on ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot rescue himself, or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
New American Standard Bible - He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has misled him. And he cannot save himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
New King James Version - He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Amplified Bible - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
American Standard Version - He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
King James Version - He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
New English Translation - He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
World English Bible - He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
新標點和合本 - 他以灰為食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他以灰塵為食，心裏迷糊，以致偏邪，不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他以灰塵為食，心裏迷糊，以致偏邪，不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
當代譯本 - 他們以灰為食，心智迷糊，走入歧途，不能自救，也不會說：「我右手拿的神像豈不是假的嗎？」
聖經新譯本 - 他所追求的只是灰塵，被迷惑了的心使他偏離正道了；他不能救自己，也不會說： “在我的右手中不是有個假神嗎？”
呂振中譯本 - 嘿，以爐灰為食的人！被愚弄的心使他偏行了；他不能援救自己，也不能說：『莫非我右手中有虛假？』
中文標準譯本 - 他們追求的只是灰燼；他們的心受了迷惑，使他們偏離正道；他們不能救自己，也不會說：「我右手中的，難道不是虛謊之物嗎？」
現代標點和合本 - 他以灰為食，心中昏迷使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
文理和合譯本 - 彼乃食灰、中心昏迷、使之離途、弗能自救、不知自言、我之右手所執、非虛誕乎、○
文理委辦譯本 - 彼心昏迷、所望成空、若食燼餘而不悟、不知右手所作、悉屬虛妄。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼如以灰為食、中心昏昧、入於迷途、不知自救、不自曰、我右手所作、悉屬虛妄、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Se alimentan de cenizas, se dejan engañar por su iluso corazón, no pueden salvarse a sí mismos, ni decir: «¡Lo que tengo en mi diestra es una mentira!»
현대인의 성경 - 그는 거짓에 미혹되어 자신을 구할 수도 없고 자기 손에 들고 있는 우상이 신이 아니라고 말하지도 못한다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Он словно гоняется за пылью, обманутый разум сбил его с пути; он не может спасти себя или сказать: «Разве то, что в моей правой руке, не ложь?»
Восточный перевод - Он словно гоняется за пылью, обманутый разум сбил его с пути; он не может спасти себя или сказать: «Разве то, что в моей правой руке, не ложь?»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он словно гоняется за пылью, обманутый разум сбил его с пути; он не может спасти себя или сказать: «Разве то, что в моей правой руке, не ложь?»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он словно гоняется за пылью, обманутый разум сбил его с пути; он не может спасти себя или сказать: «Разве то, что в моей правой руке, не ложь?»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il se repaît de cendres, car son cœur abusé ╵l’a mené dans l’erreur, il ne sauvera pas sa vie et ne dira jamais : « Ce que je tiens en main, ╵n’est-ce pas une tromperie ? »
リビングバイブル - 人にだまされている哀れな者は灰を食べます。何の助けにもならないものを頼りにしているからです。彼はまともな考え方ができません。「この手に握っている偶像は偽の神ではないか」と自分に問うことができないのです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Ele se alimenta de cinzas, um coração iludido o desvia; ele é incapaz de salvar a si mesmo ou de dizer: “Esta coisa na minha mão direita não é uma mentira?”
Hoffnung für alle - Genauso gut könnte er die Asche des verbrannten Holzes anbeten! Sein Herz hat ihn verführt und betrogen. Er verspielt sein Leben und will nicht wahrhaben, dass er an einem Lügengebilde festhält.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thật tội nghiệp, kẻ dại dột bị lừa dối ăn tro. Lại tin vào vật không thể giúp được mình Sao không tự hỏi: “Có phải thần tượng ta cầm trong tay là giả dối không?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เขายังชีพด้วยขี้เถ้า จิตใจที่ลุ่มหลงนำเขาหลงเจิ่นไป เขาไม่อาจช่วยเหลือตัวเองหรือพูดว่า “สิ่งที่อยู่ในมือขวาของเรานี้เป็นสิ่งหลอกลวงไม่ใช่หรือ?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เขากินขี้เถ้า ใจที่หลงผิดทำให้เขาถูกหลอกลวง และเขาช่วยตัวเองให้รอดไม่ได้ หรือแม้จะพูดว่า “สิ่งที่ฉันถือในมือขวานี้เป็นสิ่งหลอกลวงหรือเปล่า”

Isaiah 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.
Isaiah 59:4 - No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Revelation 13:14 - and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
Romans 1:20 - For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:21 - For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Revelation 20:3 - and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
Jeremiah 16:19 - O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
2 Timothy 3:13 - while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10 - and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:11 - Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,
Proverbs 15:14 - The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
1 Kings 22:20 - and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.
1 Kings 22:21 - Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
1 Kings 22:22 - And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’
1 Kings 22:23 - Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”
1 Timothy 4:2 - through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Luke 15:16 - And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
2 Timothy 2:13 - if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.
Isaiah 28:15 - Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
Isaiah 28:16 - therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
Isaiah 28:17 - And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
Revelation 18:23 - and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
Habakkuk 2:18 - “What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
Isaiah 59:13 - transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Job 15:2 - “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Hosea 12:1 - Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
Hosea 4:12 - My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore.
Romans 1:28 - And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
Romans 1:25 - because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
Job 15:31 - Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment.
Psalms 102:9 - For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,