⁷ Nathan then said to David, “^(A)You yourself are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘^(B)It is I who anointed you as king over Israel, and it is I who rescued you from the hand of Saul. ⁸ I also gave you ^(C)your master’s house and put your master’s wives ^[a]into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you ^[b]many more things like these! ⁹ Why ^(D)have you despised the word of the Lord, by doing evil in His sight? ^(E)You have struck and killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, you ^(F)have taken his wife as your wife, and you have slaughtered him with the sword of the sons of Ammon. ¹⁰ Now then, ^(G)the sword shall never leave your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ ¹¹ This is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household; ^(H)I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will sleep with your wives in ^[c]broad daylight. ¹² Indeed, ^(I)you did it secretly, but ^(J)I will do this thing before all Israel, and ^[d]in open daylight.’”