1. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2. And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
3. And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord GOD: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!
4. Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
5. Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.
6. Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
7. In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
8. Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.