INDICTMENT OF A SINFUL LAND

23 The word of the Lord came to me: 24 “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed,y that has not received rain in the day of indignation.’ 25 The conspiracy of her prophetsz within her is* like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her. 26 Her priests do violence to my instruction and profane my holy things.aa They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean.ab They close their eyes to my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.