³ and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood^(A) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,

⁴ you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed^(A) and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come.^(B) Therefore I will make you an object of scorn^(C) to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.^(D)

⁶ “‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.^(A)

⁹ In you are slanderers^(A) who are bent on shedding blood;^(B) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines^(C) and commit lewd acts.^(D)

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

⁹ “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: