And the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
Covetings are in its midst; Oppression and deceit do not vanish from its streets.
Righteousness exalts a nation; And loving-commitment, To the peoples is sin.
How the steadfast city has become a whore! I have filled it with right-ruling; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.
Why do you cry about your breach? Your pain is incurable. Because of your many crookednesses, because your sins have increased, I have done this to you.
You are to be fuel for the fire, your blood to be in the midst of the land. You are not to be remembered, for I יהוה have spoken.’ ”
“And now, son of man, judge, judge the city of blood! And you shall show her all her abominations!
