But they didn’t mean it when they praised him. They lied to him when they spoke.

他们却用口谄媚他，用舌向他说谎。

他们却用口谄媚他，用舌向他说谎。

他们却用口谄媚他，用舌向他说谎。

他们却虚情假意，满口谎言。

但他们仍然用口欺骗他，用舌头向他说谎。

但他们用口试探他，用舌对他说谎；

他們卻用口諂媚他，用舌向他說謊。

他們卻用口諂媚他，用舌向他說謊。

他們卻用口諂媚他，用舌向他說謊。

他們卻虛情假意，滿口謊言。

但他們仍然用口欺騙他，用舌頭向他說謊。

其實他們只是用口詐騙着他，用舌頭對他說謊罷了。

但他們用口試探他，用舌對他說謊；

惟以口諂之、以舌誑之、

仍進以甘言、貢以媚詞兮、

然彼仍以口欺罔天主、以舌向主說誑、

媚主以口。詒主以舌。意實未誠。心存詭譎。

But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;

But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

But all they gave him was lip service; they lied to him with their tongues.

But they deceived him with their mouths, they lied to him with their tongues,

But they flattered Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue.

Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;

But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

But they deceived Him with their mouths, they lied to Him with their tongues,

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him.

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

My people come to you, just as they usually do. They sit in front of you. They hear what you say. But they do not put it into practice. With their mouths they say they love me. But in their hearts they want what belongs to others. They try to get rich by cheating them.

The Lord says,“ These people worship me only with their words. They honor me by what they say. But their hearts are far away from me. Their worship doesn’t mean anything to me. They teach nothing but human rules that they have been taught.

The people of Ephraim tell me nothing but lies. Israel has not been honest with me. And Judah continues to wander away from God. They have deserted the faithful Holy One.

Then his people believed his promises and sang praise to him.But they soon forgot what he had done. They didn’t wait for what he had planned to happen.

“ Who are you so afraid of that you have not been faithful to me? You have not remembered me. What you do doesn’t even bother you. I have not punished you for a long time. That is why you are not afraid of me.

People from other lands bow down to me in fear. As soon as they hear me, they obey me.

The Lord heard you when you spoke to me. He said to me,“ I have heard what these people said to you. Everything they said was good.But I wish they would always have respect for me in their hearts. I wish they would always obey all my commands. Then things would go well with them and their children forever.