1. MOREOVER, THE word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2. And you son of man [Ezekiel], will you judge, will you judge the bloodshedding city? Then cause her to know all her abominations,
3. And say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her so that her time [of doom] will come, and makes idols [over those who worship them] to defile her!
4. In your blood which you have shed you have become guilty, and you are defiled by the idols which you have made, and you have caused your time [of judgment and punishment] to draw near and have arrived at the full measure of your years. Therefore have I made you a reproach to the [heathen] nations and a mocking to all countries.
5. Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
6. Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood.