thesehe gathered togetherwith the workmenof similar[trades], and said,"Men,you knowthat our prosperitydependsupon thisbusiness.
They feedon the sinof My peopleAnd directtheir desiretowardtheir iniquity.
But when her masterssawthat their hopeof profitwas gone,they seizedPauland Silasand draggedthem into the market placebeforethe authorities,
For a mannamedDemetrius,a silversmith,who madesilvershrinesof Artemis,was bringingnolittlebusinessto the craftsmen;
"You seeand hearthat not onlyin Ephesus,but in almostallof Asia,thisPaulhas persuadedand turned awaya considerablenumber of people,sayingthat gods madewith handsare nogods[at all].
and in [their] greedthey will exploityou with false words;their judgmentfrom long agois not idle,and their destructionis not asleep.
"For allthe nationshave drunkof the wineof the passionof her immorality,and the kingsof the earthhave committed [acts of] immoralitywith her, and the merchantsof the earthhave become richby the wealthof her sensuality."
