^8 (A)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^(B)for the blood of man and ^(C)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

4 ^(A)Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
    for ^(B)the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
    and ^(C)no knowledge of God in the land;
^2 (D)there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
    they break all bounds, and ^(E)bloodshed follows bloodshed.

¹⁶ In the abundance of ^(A)your trade
    you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from ^(B)the mountain of God,
    and I destroyed you,^{[a] (C)}O guardian cherub,
    from the midst of the stones of fire.

^18 (A)Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    devastation or destruction within your borders;
^(B)you shall call your walls Salvation,
    and your gates Praise.