Ezekiel 22:25-31 Because, her princes in her midst, are like a roaring lion, rending prey,––Life, have they devoured, Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁵ Because, her princes in her midst, are like a roaring lion, rending prey,––Life, have they devoured, Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst. ²⁶ Her priests, have done violence to my law, And have profaned my holy things, Between the hallowed and the common, have they put no difference, And, between the unclean and clean, have they not taught men to discern,––And, from my sabbaths, have they hid their eyes, So that I have been profaned in their midst. ²⁷ Her rulers within her, have been like wolves, rending prey,––In shedding blood, In destroying lives, For the sake of getting dishonest gain. ²⁸ And, her prophets, have coated it for them with whitewash, Seeing visions of falsehood, And divining for them lies,––Saying, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not spoken. ²⁹ The people of the land, have exacted oppression, and seized plunder,––Even, the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And, the sojourner, have they oppressed, without justice. ³⁰ Then sought I from among them, a man, Who could build up a wall, And stand in the breach, before me in behalf of the land, So that I might not destroy her,––But I found none. ³¹ Therefore have I poured out upon them mine indignation, In the fire of mine outburst, have I consumed them,––Their way, upon their own head, have I placed, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.