23 Then Yahweh gave me another message: 24 “Humanity’s child, tell the land, ‘You’re a land that hasn’t been cleansed. When you’re judged, there won’t be any rain. 25 There’s a conspiracy of the land’s prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion tearing apart a victim. They consume life and take precious wealth—making many widows within it. 26 Its priests do violence to my law, and they profane my sacred things. They don’t distinguish between sacred and profane things, and don’t teach the difference between what God approved and what he didn’t. They ignore my rest days so I end up getting mocked among them.[ref] 27 Its leaders within it are like wolves tearing apart their victims. They pour out blood and destroy life, just to make a dishonest profit, 28 but its prophets have painted them over with whitewash. They see false visions and predict falsehoods to them, saying ‘The master Yahweh says this’ when Yahweh hasn’t spoken. 29 The land’s people have oppressed others through extortion and robbery, they mistreat the poor and needy, and they oppress foreigners by denying them justice. 30 Then I searched for an advocate from among them who’d build up a wall of righteousness and who’d admit the breaches made by the country and make an appeal on its behalf so I wouldn’t destroy it, but I didn’t find anyone. 31 So I’ll pour my indignation out onto them. I’ll finish them off with the fire of my indignation, and their own deeds will seal their fate. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration.’ ”