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Ezekiel 22:25

There is a 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.

KJV

Conjuratio prophetarum in medio ejus : sicut leo rugiens, rapiensque prædam, animas devoraverunt : opes et pretium acceperunt : viduas ejus multiplicaverunt in medio illius.

Vulgate

ἧς οἱ ἀφηγούμενοι ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ὡς λέοντες ὠρυόμενοι ἁρπάζοντες ἁρπάγματα, ψυχὰς κατεσθίοντες ἐν δυναστείᾳ καὶ τιμὰς λαμβάνοντες· καὶ αἱ χῆραί σου ἐπληθύνθησαν ἐν μέσῳ σου.

LXX

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

ASV

קֶ֤שֶׁר נְבִיאֶ֨י/הָ֙ בְּ/תוֹכָ֔/הּ כַּ/אֲרִ֥י שׁוֹאֵ֖ג טֹ֣רֵֽף טָ֑רֶף נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָכָ֗לוּ חֹ֤סֶן וִ/יקָר֙ יִקָּ֔חוּ אַלְמְנוֹתֶ֖י/הָ הִרְבּ֥וּ בְ/תוֹכָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַלְמָנָ֖ה
'lmnh
noun · 56×
אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
וֹ
v
noun · 16×
וֹ
v
noun · 16×
חֹ֤סֶן
chsn
noun · 5×
טָ֑רֶף
trp
noun · 22×
טָרֹ֥ף
trp
verb · 25×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִשְׁאָ֔ג
ysh'g
verb · 20×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ם
m
verb · 811×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Ezek 13:2 — Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
  • Ezek 13:18 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye s
  • Ezek 13:19 — And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my peop
  • Hab 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
  • Hos 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
  • Isa 43:27 — Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
  • Jer 2:34 — Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
  • Jer 6:13 — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • Jer 10:21 — For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
  • Jer 11:9 — And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • Jer 11:9 — And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • Jer 20:5 — Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their
  • Jer 23:1 — Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
  • Jer 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they ar
  • John 10:8 — All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
  • Lam 2:14 — Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
  • Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
  • Luke 16:14 — And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
  • Matt 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
  • Mic 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
  • Zeph 3:3 — Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.