Ezekiel 22:23-31

English Standard Version

²³ And the word of the Lord came to me: ²⁴ “Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is ^(A)not cleansed ^(B)or rained upon in the day of indignation. ^25 (C)The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is ^(D)like a roaring lion ^(E)tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. ^26 (F)Her priests ^(G)have done violence to my law and ^(H)have profaned my holy things. ^(I)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^(J)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^(K)so that I am profaned among them. ^27 (L)Her princes in her midst are like wolves ^(M)tearing the prey, ^(N)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. ²⁸ And ^(O)her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ^(P)seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. ²⁹ The people of the land ^(Q)have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^(R)have extorted from the sojourner without justice. ^30 (S)And I sought for a man among them ^(T)who should build up the wall ^(U)and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. ³¹ Therefore ^(V)I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned ^(W)their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”