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

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

^{8 Ref} You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

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

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

^{11 Ref} One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

^{12 Ref} In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

^{13 Ref} Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.

^{14 Ref} Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.