² “As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.^{(A) 3} You are to say: This is what the Lord God says: A city that sheds blood^(B) within her walls so that her time of judgment has come and who makes idols for herself so that she is defiled! ⁴ You are guilty of the blood you have shed,^(C) and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment days near and have come to your years of punishment. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. ⁵ Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil.

⁶ “Look, every prince of Israel^(D) within you has used his strength to shed blood.

⁹ There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood.^(A) People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within you.

¹² People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.^(A) You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors.^(B) You have forgotten Me.”^(C) This is the declaration of the Lord God.

²⁷ “Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.