&#8220;Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman<n id="1" /> for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

I will place the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols,<n id="1" /> and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare<n id="1" /> them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

&#8216;But I will take you out of the city.<n id="1" /> And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done,<n id="1" /> says the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

I will make<n id="1" /> the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.

I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves.<n id="1" /> I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">He took one of the seedlings<n id="1" /> of the land,p> <p class="poetry">placed it in a cultivated plot;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a shoot by abundant water,p> <p class="poetry">like a willow he planted it.p>

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note<n id="1" /> &#8211; he gave his promise<n id="2" /> and did all these things &#8211; he will not escape!p>

<p class="poetry">The nations &#8211; the surrounding regions &#8211; attacked him.p> <p class="poetry">They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.p>

I also gave<n id="1" /> them decrees<n id="2" /> which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done,<n id="1" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians<n id="1" /> for whom she lusted.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Bring up an army<n id="1" /> against them and subject them<n id="2" /> to terror and plunder.

They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship.<n id="1" /> Then you will know that I am the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>