25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her, like the
roaring lion, tearing prey. A soul they actually devour. Treasure and precious things they keep taking. Her widows they have multiplied in the midst of her.
26 Her priests themselves have
Done violence to my law, and they keep profaning my holy places. Between the holy thing and the common they have made no distinction, and between the unclean thing and the clean they have made nothing known, and from my sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, and I am profaned in the midst of them.
27 Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing prey in shedding blood, in destroying souls for the purpose of making unjust gain.
28 And her prophets have plastered for them with
whitewash, visioning an unreality and divining for them a lie, saying: “This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said,” when Jehovah himself has not spoken.
29 The people of the land themselves have carried on a scheme of defrauding and have
Done a tearing away in robbery, and the afflicted one and the poor one they have maltreated, and the
alien resident they have defrauded without justice