“Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed?(A) Then confront her with all her detestable practices(B)

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and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood(A) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,

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“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe(A) to the city of bloodshed,(B)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order(C) it comes.(D)

“‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.(E)
To stir up wrath and take revenge
    I put her blood on the bare rock,
    so that it would not be covered.

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.

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12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(A)
    and establishes a town by injustice!

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