They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Israel’s wickedness and deceit gave pleasure to its king and princes, with evil conduct delighting the monarch and falsehood delighting his nobles. The rulers did not stand against the corruption of their subjects but shared in it, taking satisfaction in the very sins they should have rebuked. Lying along with other forms of wrongdoing characterized the entire nation as it stood under God’s gaze.
Israel’s wickedness and deceit gave pleasure to its king and princes, with evil conduct delighting the monarch and falsehood delighting his nobles. The rulers did not stand against the corruption of their subjects but shared in it, taking satisfaction in the very sins they should have rebuked. Lying along with other forms of wrongdoing characterized the entire nation as it stood under God’s gaze.