Φυλασσόμενοι μάταια καὶ ψευδῆ, ἔλεος αὐτῶν ἐγκατέλιπον.

1. Φυλασσόμενοι
   Guarding
2. μάταια
   vain
3. καὶ
   and
4. ψευδῆ
   false
5.  
   ,
    
6. ἔλεος
   mercy
7. αὐτῶν
   their
   of them
8. ἐγκατέλιπον
   they forsook
   they abandoned, abandoned
9.  
   .
    

Those guarding vain and false things abandoned their mercy.