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

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

6 ^dYou 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 ^cher time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself! 4 You have become guilty ^aby the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought ^cyour days near, the appointed time of¹ your years has come. ^dTherefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.