1. And the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
2. “And now, son of man, judge, judge the city of blood! And you shall show her all her abominations!
3. “And you shall say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “The city sheds blood in her midst, that her time might come. And she has made idols within herself to become defiled.
4. “You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your days near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I shall make you a reproach to the gentiles, and a mockery to all lands.
5. “Those near and those far from you mock you – defiled is your name and great the confusion!
6. “See the leaders of Yisra’ĕl: each one has used his arm to shed blood in you.
7. “They have despised father and mother within you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst. They have wronged the fatherless and the widow within you.
8. “You have despised that which is set-apart to Me, and you have profaned My Sabbaths.