Yahweh continues to speak to Jerusalem and the people of Israel.

## This is the Lord Yahweh's declaration ##

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 5:11](../05/11.md).

## you built yourself a ritual place, and have made a shrine ##

Both of these phrases refer to building a place to worship idols.  The phrase is repeated in different ways to add emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])