²⁴ “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you^(A) became defiled.^{(B) 25} Even the land was defiled;^(C) so I punished it for its sin,^(D) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.^{(E) 26} But you must keep my decrees and my laws.^(F) The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, ²⁷ for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. ²⁸ And if you defile the land,^(G) it will vomit you out^(H) as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

¹⁴ “‘I the Lord have spoken.^(A) The time has come for me to act.^(B) I will not hold back; I will not have pity,^(C) nor will I relent.^(D) You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions,^(E) declares the Sovereign Lord.^(F)’”

²⁴ I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them.^(A)