8. You hate my holy things. You dishonor my Sabbaths.
9. The men in you tell lies to cause the death of others. The people in you eat food offered to idols at the mountain places of worship. They do sexual sins in you.
10. The people in you sin sexually with their fathers’ wives. The men in you have physical relations with women who are unclean, during their time of monthly bleeding.
11. One person in you does a hated act with his neighbor’s wife. Another has shamefully violated his daughter-in-law. And another rapes his half sister.
12. The people in you take money to kill people. You take unfair interest and profits. You make profits by mistreating your neighbor. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.
13. “‘So with my fists I will hit you who have stolen money and you who have murdered people.
14. Will you still be brave and strong when I punish you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act.
15. I will scatter you among the nations. I will spread you through the countries. I will get rid of your uncleanness.
16. But you, yourself, will be dishonored in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
17. The Lord spoke his word to me. He said:
18. “Human being, the people of Israel have become useless like scum to me. They are like the copper, tin, iron and lead left in the furnace. These are left when silver is purified by melting.
19. So this is what the Lord God says: ‘You have become useless like scum. I am going to gather you into Jerusalem.