Ezekiel 22:23–29

²³And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

²⁴“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is ^anot cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’

²⁵“There is a ^aconspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have ^bdevoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many ^cwidows in the midst of her.

²⁶“Her ^apriests have done violence to My law and have ^bprofaned My holy things; they have made no ^cdistinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the ^dunclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

²⁷“Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and ^adestroying lives in order to get ^bdishonest gain.

²⁸“Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing ^afalse visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

²⁹“The people of the land have practiced ^aoppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have ^boppressed the sojourner without justice.