27. The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
28. The prophets have hidden these sins like those covering a wall with whitewash. They see false visions and make false predictions. They claim to speak the word of the Sovereign Lord, but I, the Lord, have not spoken to them.
29. The wealthy cheat and rob. They ill-treat the poor and take advantage of foreigners.
30. I looked for someone who could build a wall, who could stand in the places where the walls have crumbled and defend the land when my anger is about to destroy it, but I could find no one.
31. So I will turn my anger loose on them, and like a fire I will destroy them for what they have done.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.