Ezekiel 22:23-31 HCSB The
word of the LORD came to me: 24 "Son
of man, say to her: You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not
received rain in the day of indignation.
25 The conspiracy of her prophets within
her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize
wealth and valuables, 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 do not explain the difference between the clean and the
unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 "Her officials within her are like
wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order
to get unjust gain. 28 Her
prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying
divinations, and they say: 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 unlawfully exploited the foreign
resident. 30 I
searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap
before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no
one. 31 So I
have poured out My indignation on them and consumed them with the fire of My
fury. I have brought their actions down on their own heads." This is
the declaration of the Lord GOD.
Devotionals: Ezekiel 22:30 Righteous Walls
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