¹¹ “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,^(A) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster^(B) on you and to destroy all Judah.

¹⁰ “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,^(A) and I will cut them off from the people.

⁷ “‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner^(A) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block^(B) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire^(C) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself. ⁸ I will set my face against^(D) them and make them an example^(E) and a byword.^(F) I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.^(G)

¹⁰ Then too, I saw the wicked buried^(A)—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise^[a] in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.