"Will you judgethem, will you judgethem, sonof man?Make them knowthe abominationsof their fathers;
"And now,O inhabitantsof Jerusalemand menof Judah,JudgebetweenMe and My vineyard.
"Therefore do not prayfor thispeople,norliftup a cryor prayerfor them; for I will not listenwhenthey callto Me becauseof their disaster.
Then the LORDsaidto me, "Even thoughMosesand Samuelwere to standbeforeMe, My heartwould not be with thispeople;sendthem awayfrom My presenceand let them go!
"As for you, do not prayfor thispeople,and do not liftup cryor prayerfor them, and do not intercedewith Me; for I do not hearyou.
even [though] thesethreemen,Noah,Danieland Jobwere in its midst,by their [own] righteousnessthey could [only] deliverthemselves,"declaresthe LordGOD.
even [though] Noah,Danieland Jobwere in its midst,as I live,"declaresthe LordGOD,"they could not delivereither[their] sonor[their] daughter.They would deliveronly themselvesby their righteousness."
"And you, sonof man,will you judge,will you judgethe bloodycity?Then cause her to knowallher abominations.
Moreover, the LORDsaidto me, "Sonof man,will you judgeOholahand Oholibah?Then declareto them their abominations.
"But they, righteousmen,will judgethem with the judgmentof adulteressesand with the judgmentof women who shedblood,becausethey are adulteressesand bloodis on their hands.
Ordo you not knowthat the saintswill judgethe world?Ifthe worldis judgedby you, are you not competent[to] [constitute] the smallestlaw courts?
