Eze 22:25-28, Zep 3:4 | ESV | STEP | The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey ; they have devoured human lives ; they have taken treasure and precious things ; they have made many widows in her midst .

Ezekiel 22:25-28

25 ^aThe conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is ^blike a roaring lion ^ctearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 ^dHer priests ^ehave done violence to my law and ^fhave profaned my holy things. ^gThey have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^hthey have disregarded my Sabbaths, ⁱso that I am profaned among them. 27 ^jHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^ktearing the prey, ^lshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And ^mher prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ⁿseeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

Zephaniah 3:4

4 ^oHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^pher priests ^qprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.