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to pour out blood
This speaks of murdering people as pouring out blood. Alternate translation: "to murder people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
interest
This word 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 how you translated this word in Ezekiel 18:8.
you have forgotten me
Refusing to obey Yahweh is like forgetting that he exists. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 5:11. Alternate translation: "this is what the Lord Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, have declared" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person)