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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.