Ezekiel 22:23-31

New American Standard Bible 1995

²³ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²⁴ “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is ^(A)not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’ ²⁵ There is a ^(B)conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have ^(C)devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many ^(D)widows in the midst of her. ²⁶ Her ^(E)priests have done violence to My law and have ^(F)profaned My holy things; they have made no ^(G)distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the ^(H)unclean 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 ^(I)destroying lives in order to get ^(J)dishonest gain. ²⁸ Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing ^(K)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 have practiced ^(L)oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have ^(M)oppressed the sojourner without justice. ³⁰ I ^(N)searched for a man among them who would ^(O)build up the wall and ^(P)stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found ^[a]no one. ³¹ Thus I have poured out My ^(Q)indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; ^(R)their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord God.