Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;(A)
their words(B) and deeds(C) are against the Lord,
    defying(D) his glorious presence.

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For (A)Jerusalem stumbled,
And Judah is fallen,
Because their tongue and their doings
Are against the Lord,
To provoke the eyes of His glory.

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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.

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34 (A)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (B)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:34 Offspring

13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[a](A)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[b](B)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[c](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  2. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
  3. Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)

13 “Their(A) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(B)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose(C) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:13 grave