^3 (A)It indeed came upon Judah at the ^[a]command of the Lord, to remove them from His sight ^(B)due to the sins of Manasseh, in accordance with everything that he had done, ⁴ and ^(C)also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord was unwilling to forgive.

² “And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then inform her of all her abominations. ³ And you shall say, ‘This is what the Lord ^[a]God says: “A city ^(A)shedding blood in her midst, so that her time is coming; and a city that makes idols, contrary to her own good, for defilement!

²⁷ Her leaders within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and ^(A)destroying lives in order to make ^(B)dishonest profit.

Nineveh’s Complete Ruin