Some people want to take everything they can get. All they say is, “Give me, give me, give me.” There are three things that are never satisfied—really four things that never have enough:
Judges 18:20 - Easy To Read Version This made the Levite man happy. So he took the ephod [138] , the house idols, and the idol. He went with those men from the family group of Dan. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. American Standard Version (1901) And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. Common English Bible The priest was convinced, so he took the priestly vest, the divine images, and the sculpted image and went along with the people. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had heard this, he agreed to their words. And he took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven image, and he set out with them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When he had heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them. |
Some people want to take everything they can get. All they say is, “Give me, give me, give me.” There are three things that are never satisfied—really four things that never have enough:
They are like hungry dogs.\par They are never satisfied.\par The shepherds don’t know\par what they are doing.\par \{They are like their sheep\}\par that have all wandered away.\par They are greedy.\par All they want to do is satisfy themselves.\par
You make the people think I am not important. You turn them against me for a few handfuls of barley and a few scraps of bread. You tell lies to my people. Those people love to listen to lies. You kill people that should live. And you let people live that should die.
This shows that the king of Babylon \{is planning the way he wants to attack that area\}. The king of Babylon has come to the place where the two roads separate. The king of Babylon has used \{magic\} signs to find the future. He shook some arrows. He asked questions from family idols. He looked at the liver {\cf2\super [161]} \{from an animal he killed\}.
So the country is like a person crying for the dead, and all of its people are weak. Even the animals of the field, the birds of the sky, and the fish in the sea are dying. {\cf2\super [33]}
“Don’t make idols for yourselves. Don’t set up statues or memorials [440] in your land to bow down to. Why? Because I am the Lord your God!
The way these people live is leading them to destruction. They don’t serve God. Those people live only to please themselves. They do shameful things, and they are proud of those things. They think only about earthly things.
Those false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against those false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape the One (God) who will destroy them.
Then Micah said to him, “Live with me. Be my father and my priest. I will give you 4 ounces [131] of silver each year. I will also give you clothes and food.”
The five men answered, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us. Be our father and our priest. You must choose. Is it better for you to be a priest for just one man? Or is it better for you to be a priest for a whole family group of Israelite people?”
Then the 600 men from the family group of Dan, with the Levite priest, turned and left Micah’s house. They put their little children, their animals, and all their things in front of them.