Ezekiel 22:27 Cross References - Thomson

²⁷ Its chiefs in the midst of it were like wolves, ravening prey, to the shedding of innocent blood, that they may glut their greediness.

²³ The chiefs are rebellious; associates of thieves: they love gifts; they seek rewards: to orphans they do not administer justice; and to the cause of widows they do not attend.

³ And one of her young lions sallied forth; he became a lion and learned to prowl. He devoured men ⁴ and the nations heard of him; in their trap he was taken and carried in a cage to the land of Egypt. ⁵ When she saw that her main support was removed from her, was lost; she took another of her young lions and made him lion. ⁶ And he roamed about among lions. He became a lion and learned to seize prey. He devoured men

⁶ Behold in thee the princes of the house of Israel banded themselves, every one with his relations, that they might shed blood.

¹³ Now when I lay my hand on thee to destroy thee, for what thou hast done and for the blood which hath been shed in thee;

²⁵ Its princes in the midst of it were like roaring lions, ravening prey, devouring souls by oppression, yet receiving honours; and thy widows were multiplied in the midst of thee.

⁹ Thus saith the Lord God, let this suffice you; princes of Israel. Put an end to injustice and misery. Execute judgment and justice. Remove oppression from my people, saith the Lord God.

¹ When I have healed Israel, then shall be disclosed the iniquity of Ephraim and the wickedness of Samaria. Because they have framed lies, therefore a thief shall come in to him, a sculking robber shall be in his way: ² that they may chime together like them who sing in unison. I remembered all their wickedness, now their own devices have encompassed them. They were all open to my view. ³ They made kings glad by their wickedness and chiefs by their lies. ⁴ They all burn with adultery, like an oven for baking cakes, which, after putting in the fire, after mixing the dough, is kept burning, till the dough is leavened. ⁵ With regard to the days of your kings, the chiefs had begun to be inflamed with wine. He had stretched forth his hand with turbulent men. ⁶ Because their hearts were heated like an oven, when they had revelled the whole night, Ephraim fell fast asleep. The morning came, he was heated again like a flaming fire. ⁷ They were all hot as an oven and devoured their judges; all their kings fell; there was none among them who appealed to me.

² As for them who hate good and seek evil, who tear off the skin from these and the flesh from their bones: ³ as they have devoured the flesh of my people and have flayed off their skin from them; and have broken their bones and chopped them up, as flesh for a kettle and as pieces of meat for a pot:

⁹ [p] Hear these things I beseech you, ye leaders of the house of Jacob, and ye remnant of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment and pervert all equity, ¹⁰ who are building up Sion with blood and Jerusalem with injustice. ¹¹ [J] Her rulers have judged for rewards; and her priests have given answers for hire; and her prophets have prophesied for silver, without waiting for the Lord, saying, "Is not the Lord among us? No evils shall come upon us:"

⁸ Rejoice not over me, mine enemy, because I have fallen. I shall rise again, for though I sit in darkness the Lord will give me light.

³ her chiefs within her were like roaring lions, and her judges like the Wolves of Arabia. They left nothing for the morning:

¹³ and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but you have made it a den of robbers.

⁶ But you have treated the poor with disdain. Do not the rich domineer over you? Do they not drag you to tribunals? ⁷ Do they not revile that honourable name by which you are called?

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and corrode your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold the wages of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which you have withholden, raise a cry; and the outcries of these reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.