But righteous men, they will judge them [with] [the] judgment of committing adultery, and [with] [the] judgment of shedding blood; for they were committing adultery, and blood [was] on their hands."

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe [to] the city of bloodguilt! A pot that [has] its rust in it; {its rust did not go out from it}. Bring it out {piece by piece}; {one is as good as another}.

Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem {from one end to another}, apart from his sin which he caused Judah to sin by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh.

Surely, it was {on the command} of Yahweh against Judah to remove them from his sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done.

"For {in vain} I have struck your children. They accepted no discipline. Your sword devoured your prophets, like a ravening lion.

Swearing and lying, murdering and stealing, and adultery break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Woe to the city [that has shed] {much blood}! {She is a deceiver}, She is filled [with] plunder, {She has hoarded her spoils of war}.

so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of righteous Abel up to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

And all the people answered [and] said, "His blood [be] on us and on our children!"

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand about the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become,

Thou shalt

"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem its detestable things,

"Call with [the] throat; you must not keep back! lift up your voice like trumpet, and declare to my people their rebellion, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Reprove those who sin in the presence of all, in order that the rest also may experience fear.

Her abominations

And he said to me, "Come and see the detestable things, the evil that they are doing here.

General references

"I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification, so that you may know and put to the test their ways.

You made your slain ones numerous in this city, and you have filled its streets [with] slain ones." '