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Ezekiel 22:27

Money and wealth

25 The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
KJV
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
WEB
Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
ASV
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
DARBY
Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
BLB
Her princes within her [are] like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, and to break off dishonest gain.
ÅB
De fyrster det har i sin midte, er lik ulver, som raner og røver; de utøser blod, de ødelegger menneskeliv for å samle urettferdig vinning.
OTB
Hennes embetsmenn i henne er som ulver som river sitt bytte; de utgyter blod og ødelegger liv for å gjøre uærlig vinning.
B1930
De fyrster det har i sin midte, er lik ulver, som raner og røver; de utøser blod, de ødelegger menneskeliv for å samle urettferdig vinning.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 22:13

    Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

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  • Isaiah 1:23

    Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

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  • Ezekiel 22:6

    See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

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  • Micah 7:8

    Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

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  • Ezekiel 22:25

    The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

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  • Matthew 21:13

    And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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  • James 5:1–4

    Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

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  • Hosea 7:1–7

    When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

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