1 The Lord spoke to me.
2 “Mortal man,” he said, “are you ready to judge the city that is full of murderers? Make clear to her all the disgusting things she has done.
3 Tell the city what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: because you have murdered so many of your own people and have defiled yourself by worshipping idols, your time is coming.
4 You are guilty of those murders and are defiled by the idols you made, and so your day is coming, your time is up! That is why I have let the nations mock you and all the countries sneer at you.
5 Countries near by and countries far away sneer at you because of your lawlessness.
6 All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.
7 You people in the city do not honour your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans.