8. I let you take his family and his wives, and I made you king of Israel and Judah. As if that had not been enough, I would have given you more and more.
9. So why did you ignore my command? Why did you do what I say is wrong? You let the Ammonites kill Uriah the Hittite, and you took his wife. It is as if you yourself killed Uriah in war.
10. So your family will never have peace! When you took Uriah’s wife, you showed that you did not respect me.’
11. “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am bringing trouble against you. This trouble will come from your own family. I will take your wives from you and give them to someone who is very close to you. He will have sexual relations with your wives, and everyone will know it!
12. You had sexual relations with Bathsheba in secret, but I will punish you so that all the people of Israel can see it.’”
13. Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “The Lord will forgive you, even for this sin. You will not die.