# to pour out blood

"to murder people"

# interest

This refers to the money paid by a person to use borrowed money. However, some modern versions interpret "interest" in this passage as "too much interest." See Ezekiel 18:8.

# you have forgotten me

Refusing to obey Yahweh is like forgetting that he exists.

# this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration

"this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, have declared". Yahweh speaks of himself to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See Ezekiel 5:11.