² ‘As for you, son of man, will you pass judgement? Will you pass judgement against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.^{(A) 3} You are to say, “This is what the Lord God says: A city that sheds blood^(B) within her walls so that her time of judgement has come and who makes idols for herself so that she is defiled!

²⁷ ‘Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.