Ezekiel 22:26-31

English Standard Version

^26 (A)Her priests ^(B)have done violence to my law and ^(C)have profaned my holy things. ^(D)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^(E)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^(F)so that I am profaned among them. ^27 (G)Her princes in her midst are like wolves ^(H)tearing the prey, ^(I)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. ²⁸ And ^(J)her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ^(K)seeing 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 ^(L)have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^(M)have extorted from the sojourner without justice. ^30 (N)And I sought for a man among them ^(O)who should build up the wall ^(P)and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. ³¹ Therefore ^(Q)I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned ^(R)their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”