² “Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed?^(A) Then confront her with all her detestable practices^(B)

³⁸ I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood;^(A) I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.^(B)

³⁷ for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.^(A)

⁶ “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

¹⁶ Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood^(A) that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah^(B) to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.