2 Samuel 12:7–12

⁷Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!^p This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed^q you^r king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. ⁸I gave your master’s house to you,^s and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. ⁹Why did you despise^t the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down^u Uriah^v the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed^w him with the sword of the Ammonites. ¹⁰Now, therefore, the sword^x will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

¹¹“This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household^y I am going to bring calamity on you.^z Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.^{a 12}You did it in secret,^b but I will do this thing in broad daylight^c before all Israel.’ ”