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28 And for them its prophets plaster whitewash; they are seeing falseness and are practicing divination for them by lying, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh,’ and Yahweh has not spoken. 29 They severely oppress the people of the land, and they committed robbery,[a] and they mistreated the needy and the poor, and they oppressed the alien without[b] justice. 30 And so I sought for them somebody, one repairing the wall and standing in the breach before me[c] on behalf of the land not to destroy it, but I did not find anyone,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:29 Literally “and they seized a robbed things
  2. Ezekiel 22:29 Literally “with not”
  3. Ezekiel 22:30 Literally “to the face of me”

28 Her prophets whitewash(A) these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations.(B) They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says’—when the Lord has not spoken.(C) 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery;(D) they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner,(E) denying them justice.(F)

30 “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall(G) and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.(H)

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