"Everything is in confusion ---the land is full of murders and the cities are full of violence.

God answered, "The people of Israel and Judah are guilty of terrible sins. They have committed murder all over the land and have filled Jerusalem with crime. They say that I, the LORD, have abandoned their country and that I don't see them.

You have murdered so many people here in the city that the streets are full of corpses.

God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.

Manasseh killed so many innocent people that the streets of Jerusalem were flowing with blood; he did this in addition to leading the people of Judah into idolatry, causing them to sin against the LORD.

and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The LORD could not forgive Manasseh for that.

As a well keeps its water fresh, so Jerusalem keeps its evil fresh. I hear violence and destruction in the city; sickness and wounds are all I see.

I am going to do this because the people have abandoned me and defiled this place by offering sacrifices here to other gods---gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah have known anything about. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people,

Whenever I speak, I have to cry out and shout, "Violence! Destruction!" LORD, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time because I proclaim your message.

The LORD says, "These people fill their mansions with things taken by crime and violence. They don't even know how to be honest.

You refuse to admit that a day of disaster is coming, but what you do only brings that day closer.

When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.

Your rich people exploit the poor, and all of you are liars.

I will punish all who worship like pagans and who steal and kill in order to fill their master's house with loot.