Ezekiel 5:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ “Therefore this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you’re more disrespectful than the nations that surround you, you didn’t follow my statutes or follow my ordinances. You didn’t even follow the ordinances of the surrounding nations!’

⁸ “Therefore this is what the Lord God says: ‘Watch out! I—that’s right, even I—am against you. I’ll carry out my sentence among you right in front of the nations. ⁹ In fact, I’m going to do what I’ve never done before and what I’ll never again do, because of all of your loathsome behavior: