1. The Lord spoke to me.
2. “Mortal man,” he said, “are you ready to judge the city that is full of murderers? Make clear to her all the disgusting things she has done.
3. Tell the city what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: because you have murdered so many of your own people and have defiled yourself by worshipping idols, your time is coming.
4. You are guilty of those murders and are defiled by the idols you made, and so your day is coming, your time is up! That is why I have let the nations mock you and all the countries sneer at you.
5. Countries near by and countries far away sneer at you because of your lawlessness.
6. All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.