² “And you, ^(A)son of man, ^(B)will you judge, will you judge ^(C)the bloody city? ^(D)Then declare to her all her abominations. ³ You shall say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that ^(E)her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself! ⁴ You have become guilty ^(F)by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought ^(G)your days near, the appointed time of^[a] your years has come. ^(H)Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.

⁶ “Behold, ^(A)the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

^9 (A)There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you ^(B)who eat on the mountains; ^(C)they commit lewdness in your midst.