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# They commit adultery
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Possible meanings are 1) they were literally unfaithful to their wives or 2) their worship of other gods is spoken of as spiritual adultery.
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# walk in deceit
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This idiom means they lived a life of deceit. Alternate translation: "live in dishonesty" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# They strengthen the hands of evildoers
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Here "hands" refers to the whole person. Alternate translation: "They strengthen those who do evil" or "They encourage people who do evil" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# no one turns back from his wickedness
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"everyone continues in their sin"
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# All of them have become like Sodom ... like Gomorrah
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Sodom and Gomorrah were cities that were so wicked that God destroyed them with fire from heaven. Alternate translation: "They all became as evil as Sodom ... as wicked as Gomorrah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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