36:18 So I poured my anger on them 1 because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. 2 36:19 I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.
1 sn See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15.
2 sn For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28; Deut 21:23.