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Each ruler of Israel that lives in you, Jerusalem, has been a murderer. Each one has used his power to kill people. The people in the city do not respect their parents. They have been cruel to the foreigners who live among you. They have cheated widows and children who have no family. You have not respected my holy things. You have not made my Sabbath days special.

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“‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.(A) In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(B) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(C) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(D) You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.(E)

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