^{3 Ref} And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 Ref} 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 Ref} Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one `and' full of tumult.

^{6 Ref} Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

^{7 Ref} In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

^{8 Ref} Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

^{9 Ref} Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

^{10 Ref} In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.

^{11 Ref} And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

^{12 Ref} In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.