Ezekiel 22:23-31
International Standard Version
God Rebukes Prophets and Priests
23 This message came to me from the Lord: 24 “Son of Man, tell her,[a] ‘You’re a land that hasn’t been purified, one that hasn’t been rained on in the day of indignation. 25 There’s a conspiracy of prophets within her, and like a roaring lion tearing its prey, they’ve devoured people, and confiscated treasures, and taken precious things. They’ve added to the population of widows within her. 26 Her priests have violated my Law and profaned my sacred things. They didn’t differentiate between what’s sacred and what’s common. They didn’t instruct others to discern clean from unclean things. They refused to keep[b] my Sabbaths.
“‘I’m constantly being profaned among them. 27 Her princes within her are like wolves tearing their prey apart. They shed blood, destroying souls, and make unjust gain.
28 “‘Her prophets whitewashed all of these things through false visions and lying divinations. They kept on saying, “This is what the Lord God says…”, when the Lord has not spoken. 29 The people of the land were vigorously oppressive and took possession of plunder by violence. They’ve afflicted the poor and the needy and unjustly treated the foreigner. 30 I sought for a man among them to build the wall and stand in the breach in my presence on behalf of the land so that it won’t be destroyed, but I found no one, 31 so I poured my indignation over them. With my fierce anger, I’ve consumed them. I brought the consequences of[c] their behavior upon them,’[d] declares the Lord God.”
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- Ezekiel 22:24 I.e. Israel personified as a woman
- Ezekiel 22:26 Lit. refused their eyes from
- Ezekiel 22:31 The Heb. lacks the consequences of
- Ezekiel 22:31 Lit. upon their heads
Ezekiel 22:23-31
Lexham English Bible
23 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 24 “Son of man,[c] say to her, ‘You are a land not cleansed; it is not rained upon in the day of indignation.’ 25 The conspiracy of its prophets in the midst of her is like a roaring lion that is tearing prey. They devour people, and they take wealth and treasure; they make its widows numerous in the midst of her. 26 Its priests treat my law violently, and they profane my holy objects; they do not distinguish between a holy object and what is unholy, or between the clean and the unclean. They do not teach the difference, and they hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and so I am profaned in the midst of them. 27 Its officials are like wolves tearing prey in its midst, to pour out blood, to destroy people, to make dishonest gain. 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,[d] and they mistreated the needy and the poor, and they oppressed the alien without[e] justice. 30 And so I sought for them somebody, one repairing the wall and standing in the breach before me[f] on behalf of the land not to destroy it, but I did not find anyone, 31 and so I poured out my indignation on them. With the fire of my wrath I destroyed them; I returned their way upon their head,” declares[g] the Lord Yahweh.
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- Ezekiel 22:23 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 22:23 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 22:24 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 22:29 Literally “and they seized a robbed things”
- Ezekiel 22:29 Literally “with not”
- Ezekiel 22:30 Literally “to the face of me”
- Ezekiel 22:31 Literally “declaration of”
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