The Sins of Jerusalem
1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then show her all her abominations.
3 You shall tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city that sheds blood within herself, bringing her own judgement on herself and making idols to her own defilement, 4 you are guilty from the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have caused the end of your days and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to other countries. 5 Those who are near and those who are far will mock you, infamous one, full of tumult.
6 Every prince of Israel has used his power for the shedding of blood. 7 In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
8 You have despised my holy things and have profaned my Sabbaths. 9 Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountain shrines and have committed lewd acts among you.
10 In you men have sexual intercourse with their father’s wives and intercourse with women during their menstrual period. 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife, and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. Another in you has had intercourse with his sister, his father’s daughter.
12 In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and profit on loans and have greedily gained from your neighbors through oppression, and you have forgotten me, declares the Lord GOD.
13 Therefore I strike my hands together at the dishonest gain which you have made and at the blood which you have shed within you. 14 Can your heart endure, or will your hands have the strength to endure when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken it, and will do this. 15 I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you throughout the countries. I will purge the filth from you. 16 When you have been profaned in your own sight and in the sight of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’ ”