22. As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it. You will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my rage on you.
23. The Lord’s word came to me:
24. Human one, say to her, You are an unclean land without rain on the day of reckoning.
25. The conspiracy of princes in her is like a roaring lion ripping up prey. They’ve piled up wealth and precious goods and made many widows in her.
26. Her priests have done violence to my instructions and made my holy things impure. They have not clearly separated the holy from the ordinary, and they have not taught the difference between unclean and clean things. They’ve disregarded my sabbaths. So I’ve been degraded among them.
27. The officials in her are like wolves ripping up prey. They shed blood and destroy lives for unjust riches.