“Although you wash yourself with lye
And use much soap,
The stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares the Lord God.

“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness
And his upper rooms without justice,
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And does not give him his wages,

Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who use their tongues and declare, ‘The Lord declares.’

Because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,

They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the pans and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.