16 And there was also innocent blood that Ma·nasʹseh shed+ in very great quantity, until he had filled Jerusalem from end to end,* besides his sin with which he caused Judah to sin by doing what was bad in the eyes of Jehovah.+

17 ‘Assuredly your eyes and your heart are upon nothing but upon your unjust gain,+ and upon the blood of the innocent one in order to shed [it],+ and upon defrauding and upon extortion in order to carry [them] on.’

3 YOU the ones who have also eaten the organism of my people,+ and have stripped their very skin from off them, and smashed to pieces their very bones, and crushed [them] to pieces like what is in a widemouthed pot and like flesh in the midst of a cooking pot.+

5 the buyers of which proceed to kill+ [them] although they are not held guilty.+ And those who are selling+ them say: “May Jehovah be blessed, while I shall gain riches.”+ And their own shepherds do not show any compassion upon them.’+