^{7 Ref} For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.

^{8 Ref} That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

^{9 Ref} Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.