22. As silver is melted in the furnace, so will you be melted within it. So you will know that I Adonai have poured out My fury on you.”
23. The word of Adonai came to me saying:
24. “Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.’
25. There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing prey. They have devoured lives, they take wealth and valuables, they multiply widows in her midst.
26. Her kohanim have done violence to My Torah and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, nor have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They shut their eyes to My Shabbatot. So I am profaned among them.
27. Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing at prey, spilling blood and destroying lives for dishonest gain.