1. The Lord’s word came to me:
2. You, human one, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.
3. Say, The Lord God proclaims: City, self-destructive blood-letter, self-defiling idol maker:
4. All the blood that you’ve shed is your punishment, and all the idols that you’ve made are your defilement. This is how you’ve shortened your days and hastened the end of your years! For this reason I’ve given you over to the ridicule of nations and the derision of every land.
5. Those from near and far will mock your infamous name and great chaos.
6. Look, Israel’s princes, every one of them, have joined forces to shed blood in you.
7. In you they treat father and mother with contempt. In you they oppress immigrants and deny the rights of orphans and widows.
8. You despise my holy things and degrade my sabbaths.