And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by harlotry. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
Hosea 4:18 - King James 2000 Their drink is sour: they have committed harlotry continually: her rulers love shame more than glory. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their drinking carousal over, they go habitually to play the harlot; [Ephraim's] rulers [continue to] love shame more than her glory [which is the Lord, Israel's God]. American Standard Version (1901) Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame. Common English Bible Though they have stopped drinking, they continue to behave like prostitutes; indeed, they “love”; shame is their pride. Catholic Public Domain Version Their feasting has been set aside; they have committed fornication after fornication. They love to bring disgrace to their protectors. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them. |
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by harlotry. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
And you shall take no bribe: for the bribe blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a wild vine unto me?
But you did trust in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of your renown, and poured out your harlotry on every one that passed by; his it was.
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to obey the LORD.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break all restraint, and bloodshed touches bloodshed.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and they became abominations like the thing they loved.
For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Her heads judge for reward, and her priests teach for hire, and her prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a bribe; and the great man, he utters his evil desire: so they weave it together.
You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.