CLV(i)
2 `And you, son of man, do you judge? do you judge the city of blood? then you have caused it to know all its abominations,
3 and you have said:Thus said the Lord Yahweh:The city is shedding blood in its midst, For the coming in of its time, And it has made idols on it for defilement."
4 By your blood that you have shed you have been guilty, And by your idols that you have made you have been defiled, And you cause your days to draw near, And are come in unto your years, Therefore I have given you a reproach to nations, And a derision to all the lands."
5 The near and the far-off from you scoff at you, O defiled of name--abounding in trouble."
6 Lo, princes of Israel--each according to his arm Have been in you to shed blood."
7 Father and mother made light of in you, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in your midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in you."
8 My holy things you have despised, And My sabbaths you have polluted."
9 Men of slander have been in you to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in you, Wickedness they have done in your midst."
10 The nakedness of a father has one uncovered in you, The defiled of impurity they humbled in you."
11 And each with the wife of his neighbor has done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law has defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, has humbled in you."
12 A bribe they have taken in you to shed blood, Usury and increase you have taken, And cut off your neighbor by oppression, And Me you have forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Yahweh!"
13 And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of your dishonest gain that you have gained, And for your blood that has been in your midst."
14 Does your heart stand--are your hands strong, For the days that I am dealing with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done [it]."
15 And I have scattered you among nations, And have spread you out among lands, And consumed your uncleanness out of you."