Ezekiel 22:23–29

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.

27 “Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly. 28 Her prophets plaster for them with whitewash by seeing false visions and lying divinations,ac saying, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ when the Lord has not spoken. 29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery.ad They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident alien.