^{25 Ref} Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.

^{26 Ref} Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes have been shut to my Sabbaths, and I am not honoured among them.

^{27 Ref} Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.