Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Sovereign Yahweh; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? And commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against Yahweh Elohim of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Yahweh.
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other elohim to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.