17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they should fill the land with ^xviolence and provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their¹ nose.

9 Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. ^kThe land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, ^l‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

6 You have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain.

3 You shall say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself! 4 You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of¹ your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.