25. And all is confusion—blood and murder, theft and guile,corruption, faithlessness, turmoil, perjury,
26. Disturbance of good people, neglect of gratitude,besmirching of souls, unnatural lust,disorder in marriage, adultery and shamelessness.
27. For the worship of infamous idolsis the reason and source and extreme of all evil.
28. For they either go mad with enjoyment, or prophesy lies,or live lawlessly or lightly perjure themselves.
29. For as their trust is in lifeless idols,they expect no harm when they have sworn falsely.
30. But on both counts justice shall overtake them:because they thought perversely of God by devoting themselves to idols,and because they deliberately swore false oaths, despising piety.