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="bodytext">&#8220;Suppose such a man has<n id="1" /> a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things<n id="2" /> mentioned previously

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.<n id="1" />

Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey &#8211; shedding blood and destroying lives &#8211; so they can get dishonest profit.

You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk,<n id="1" /> at my slaughter<n id="2" /> which I have made for you.

Then say, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: O city, who spills blood within herself (which brings on her doom),<n id="1" /> and who makes herself idols (which results in impurity),

Slanderous men shed blood within you.<n id="1" /> Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains;<n id="2" /> they commit obscene acts among you.<n id="3" />

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest;<n id="1" /> you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me,<n id="2" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed,<n id="1" /> because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.p>

Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

Groan in silence for the dead,<n id="1" /> but do not perform mourning rites.<n id="2" /> Bind on your turban<n id="3" /> and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip<n id="4" /> and do not eat food brought by others.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then he said to me: &#8220;Son of man, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: &#8216;Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter<n id="1" /> which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.