65.  What of his further invective against the shepherds, Woe shall come upon woe, and rumour upon rumour, then shall they seek a vision of the prophet, but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients,200    Ib. vii. 26. and again, in these terms, Son of man, say unto her, thou art a land that is not watered, nor hath rain come upon thee in the day of indignation:  whose princes in the midst of her are like roaring lions, ravening the prey, devouring souls in their might.201    Ib. xxii. 24 seq.  And a little further on:  Her priests have violated My laws and profaned My holy things, they have put no difference between the holy and profane, but all things were alike to them, and they hid their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I was profaned among them.202    Ib. xxii. 26.  He threatens that He will consume both the wall and them that daubed it,203    Ib. xiii. 14. that is, those who sin and those who throw a cloak over them; as the evil rulers and priests have done, who caused the house of Israel to err according to their own hearts which are estranged in their lusts.204    Ezek. xiv. 5.

ΞΕʹ. Πῶς δὲ τὴν ἄλλην καταδρομὴν, ἣν ποιεῖται κατὰ τῶν ποιμαινόντων, νῦν μὲν ἐν τούτοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν: Οὐαὶ ἐπὶ οὐαὶ ἔσται, καὶ ἀγγελία ἐπὶ ἀγγελίαν, καὶ ἐκζητηθήσεται ὅρασις ἐκ προφήτου, καὶ νόμος ἀπολεῖται ἐξ ἱερέως, καὶ βουλὴ ἐκ πρεσβυτέρων: νῦν δὲ ἐν ἐκείνοις πάλιν: Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, εἶπον αὐτῇ: Σὺ εἶ γῆ οὐ βρεχομένη, οὐδὲ ὑετὸς ἐγένετο ἐπὶ σὲ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς: ἧς οἱ ἀφηγούμενοι ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς, ὡς λέοντες ὠρυόμενοι, ἁρπάζοντες ἁρπάγματα, ψυχὰς κατεσθίοντες ἐν δυναστείᾳ: καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα: Οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτῆς ἠθέτουν νόμον μου, καὶ ἐβεβήλουν τὰ ἅγιά μου: βεβήλοις τε καὶ ἁγίοις, φησὶν, οὐ διέστελλον, ἀλλὰ πάντα ἦν αὐτοῖς ἓν, καὶ ἀπὺ τῶν σαββάτων μου παρεκάλυπτον τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐβεβηλούμην ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν: συντελεῖν τε τὸν τοῖχον, καὶ τοὺς ἀλείφοντας αὐτὸν ἀπειλῶν: τὸ δέ ἐστι, τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας καὶ τοὺς συγκαλύπτοντας: ὅπερ εἶναι κακῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ ἱερέων, καὶ πλαγιαζόντων τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν τὰς ἀπηλλοτριωμένας ἐν τοῖς ἐπιθυμήμασιν αὐτῶν.