Ezekiel 33:29-31

New Catholic Bible

²⁹ Then they will know that I am the Lord when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominable deeds that they have committed.

³⁰ Ezekiel’s False Popularity. As for you, son of man, your fellow countrymen gossip incessantly about you along the walls and in the doorways of houses, saying to one another, “Let us go to hear what message the Lord has to give us.” ³¹ My people come to you, as they are accustomed to do. They sit down in front of you and listen to your words, but they refuse to obey them. They flatter you with their lips, but their hearts are only interested in dishonest gain.