^{6 Ref} See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

^{7 Ref} In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

^{8 Ref} You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.

^{9 Ref} In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.

^{10 Ref} In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.

^{11 Ref} And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

^{12 Ref} In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

^{13 Ref} See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.