“As for you, son of man, turn toward the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. Prophesy against them

You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your sexually aroused neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.

You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians because your sexual desires were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them and yet you were still not satisfied.

“Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.

“Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously

“Are you willing to pronounce judgment? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,

“And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

“As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!

Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

The Dedanites were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!”

Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, Libya, and the people of the covenant land will die by the sword along with them.

“Yet your people say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their behavior that is not right.

“Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.

He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said to him, “Sovereign Lord, you know.”

When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’

When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.

On the day of the new moon he will offer an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.

“‘You will provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering daily to the Lord; morning by morning he will provide it.

He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.