The Abominations of Israel

22 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ² “Now as for you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the city of blood? Then you shall cause her to know all her abominations. ³ And you shall say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “A city ^(A)shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come; and she makes idols against herself for defilement! ⁴ You have become ^(B)guilty by ^[a]the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your ^[b]day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a ^(C)reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. ⁵ Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of unclean name, full of ^(D)turmoil.

⁶ “Behold, the ^(E)princes of Israel, each according to his ^[c]power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood. ⁷ They have ^(F)treated father and mother with contempt within you. The ^(G)sojourner they have oppressed in your midst; the ^(H)fatherless and the widow they have mistreated in you. ⁸ You have ^(I)despised My holy things and ^(J)profaned My sabbaths. ⁹ Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have ^(K)done acts of lewdness. ¹⁰ In you ^[d]they have ^(L)uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was ^(M)unclean in her menstrual impurity. ¹¹ One has also done what is an abomination with his ^(N)neighbor’s wife, and another has lewdly defiled his ^(O)daughter-in-law. And another in you has ^(P)violated his sister, his father’s daughter. ¹² In you they have ^(Q)taken bribes for the purpose of shedding blood; you have taken ^(R)interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by ^(S)oppression, and you have ^(T)forgotten Me,” declares Lord Yahweh.

¹³ “Now behold, I have struck My hand at your ^(U)greedy gain which you have acquired and at ^[e]the bloodshed which is among you. ¹⁴ Can ^(V)your heart stand, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will act against you? ^(W)I, Yahweh, have spoken and will act. ¹⁵ I will ^(X)scatter you among the nations, and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will ^(Y)put an end to your uncleanness from you. ¹⁶ You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will ^(Z)know that I am Yahweh.”’”