Ezekiel 22:27

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down; A wolf of the deserts will devastate them; A leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces Because their transgressions are many; Their acts of faithlessness are mighty.

the officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the court officers and the priests and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf—

But it happened that as soon as they came inside the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men that were with him slaughtered them and cast them into the cistern.

Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous;

“You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with them.”

“And you shall say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come; and she makes idols against herself for defilement!

“Behold, the princes of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.

‘Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “Woe to the city of blood, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, Without making a choice.

“They come to you as people come and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their greedy gain.

“You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you sacrifice the fat sheep without shepherding the flock.

‘And I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and possess you so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.’

“This shall be his land for a possession in Israel; so My princes shall no longer mistreat My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.”

“Now the prince shall not take from the people’s inheritance, mistreating them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession.”’”

“You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,

“Woe to him who is greedy for evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of evil!

Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are wolves at evening; They leave nothing to gnaw for the morning.

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

“I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;