Ezekiel 22:27

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Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.

And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

You have made great the number of your dead in this town, you have made its streets full of dead men.

And the Jews were in agreement with his statement, saying that these things were so.