Ezekiel 22:27

Money and wealth

²⁵ There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

²⁶ Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

²⁸ And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

²⁹ The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

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.

Compare

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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 22:13
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
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Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
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Ezekiel 22:6
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
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Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
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Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
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Matthew 21:13
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
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James 5:1–4
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
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Hosea 7:1–7
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
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