²⁹ Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolate^(A) waste because of all the detestable things they have done.’^(B)

³⁰ “As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ ³¹ My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before^(C) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy^(D) for unjust gain.^(E)