For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.
Parallel translations
- WEB For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.
- KJV For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
- NKJV For all tables are full of vomit and filth; No place is clean.
- NASB For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, without a single clean place.
- NLT Their tables are covered with vomit; filth is everywhere.
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Quick answer
Their tables are covered with vomit and filth, a graphic picture of their degradation.
Overview
The leaders' drunken excess is depicted in revolting terms, exposing the depth of their corruption. The vivid image strips away any pretense of dignity in their sin. It is a stark reminder of how sin defiles and degrades those who indulge it, in contrast to the holiness God requires.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Jer 48:26“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
- Prov 26:11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- Hab 2:15–16Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
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