Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
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Gill's Exposition
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey,.... The king and his nobles, those of the first rank and quality, who ought to have protected the persons and property of the meaner…
The sixth word of judgment. The special sins of princes, priests, and people. Eze 22:26 Violated - Better as in margin; to offer “violence” to the Law is to misinterpret it. It was the special office…
Adam Clarke
Her princes - Are as bad as her priests; they are rapacious, and grievously oppress the people by unjust impositions in order to increase their revenues.
Here is, I. A general idea given of the land of Israel, how well it deserved the judgments coming to destroy it and how much it needed these judgments to refine it. Let the prophet tell her plainly,…
Cambridge Bible
Her princes The "princes" here are the chiefs or leaders of the people, cf. Jer 26:10; Jer 36:12.
get dishonest gain Cf. Jer 6:13; Jer 8:10. The term is used pretty generally, of selfish advantage.
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