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Those who are near you and those who are far off shall mock you because you have become infamous for your great perversity.

The princes of Israel who dwell in your land are there only for the purpose of shedding blood. The fathers and the mothers within your borders are treated with contempt. The resident aliens are forced to endure extortion. Orphans and widows are oppressed.

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Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.(A)

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.(B) In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(C) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(D) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(E)

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