Ezekiel 22:27
King James Version
“Her princes in the midst thereof like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.”
Context
24Son of man, say unto her, Thou the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
25a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
27Her princes in the midst thereof like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.