27. Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people’s lives for money!
28. And your prophets cover up for them by announcing false visions and making lying predictions. They say, ‘My message is from the Sovereign lord,’ when the lord hasn’t spoken a single word to them.
29. Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.
30. “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one.