Ezequiel 22:25

25 Tus príncipes
traman conspiraciones tal como los leones que acechan su presa. Devoran a los inocentes apoderándose de sus tesoros y quitándoles su riqueza mediante la extorsión; y dejan viudas a muchas mujeres del país.

Ezequiel 22:25 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:25

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof,
&c.] Not of the prophets of the Lord, but of her prophets; such as were agreeable to her, the false prophets. The Targum renders it,

``a company of scribes;''

the interpreters of the law; these entered into a confederacy together against the true prophets, and agreed to prophesy the same things, to flatter the people with peace and prosperity, when sudden destruction was at hand: like a roaring lion ravening the prey;
that roars when hungry, and while it is tearing the prey in pieces; so these false prophets thundered out their menaces against the true prophets, and those that adhered to them; clamouring against them as enemies to the state; and threatening them with accusations to it; and carrying on a judicial process against them: they have devoured souls;
persecuted men to death, that would not give credit to their prophecies; and destroyed the souls of those that did, with their false doctrines and prophecies: they have taken the treasure and precious things;
of those they destroyed; or of others, for prophesying smooth things to them; filthy lucre being the principal thing they had in view: they have made her many widows in the midst thereof;
by persecuting their husbands to death for not believing their prophecies; or by persuading to hold out the siege, under a notion of deliverance; whereby the lives of many were lost by the sword, famine, and pestilence, to whose death they might be said to be accessary.

Ezequiel 22:25 In-Context

23 Pecados de los líderes de Israel
Nuevamente recibí un mensaje del Señor
:

24 «Hijo de hombre, dale este mensaje al pueblo de Israel: “En el día de mi indignación, serás como tierra contaminada, una tierra sin lluvia.

25 Tus príncipes
traman conspiraciones tal como los leones que acechan su presa. Devoran a los inocentes apoderándose de sus tesoros y quitándoles su riqueza mediante la extorsión; y dejan viudas a muchas mujeres del país.

26 Tus sacerdotes desobedecieron mis enseñanzas y profanaron mis objetos santos. No hacen ninguna diferencia entre lo que es santo y lo que no es, tampoco enseñan a mi pueblo la diferencia entre lo que es ceremonialmente puro o impuro. Desprecian mis días de descanso, de modo que soy deshonrado entre ellos.

27 Tus líderes son como lobos que despedazan a sus víctimas. ¡En realidad destruyen vidas a cambio de dinero!