22. Thus you will be melted like the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have poured out my rage on you.’ ”
23. And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
24. “Son of man, 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.