Ezekiel 22:3-12

3and give her this message from the Sovereign Lord: O city of murderers, doomed and damned—city of idols, filthy and foul—

4you are guilty because of the blood you have shed. You are defiled because of the idols you have made. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world.

5O infamous city, filled with confusion, you will be mocked by people far and near.

6“Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.

7Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.

8You despise my holy things and violate my Sabbath days of rest.

9People accuse others falsely and send them to their death. You are filled with idol worshipers and people who do obscene things.

10Men sleep with their fathers’ wives and force themselves on women who are menstruating.

11Within your walls live men who commit adultery with their neighbors’ wives, who defile their daughters-in-law, or who rape their own sisters.

12There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign Lord.