Ezekiel 22:26-31

God is speaking to the world right now. We have all sinned and fallen short. We need to listen!

judgement will come. In the trinity lie the mercy and grace of God given as a gift to the world in Jesus. He is our cornerstone. 

We need to ask forgiveness, repent and become doers of His word not just hearers. 

Isaiah 59:16 He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; and His own righteousness, it sustained Him.

Even common people are guilty of injustice and violating the principles of the covenant. Yahweh cannot find even one righteous person to justify deferring His judgment a little longer. It is likely that the intercession of Moses turned away Yahweh’s wrath. Finding no righteous person, Yahweh has no choice but to punish Israel. Faithlife Bible.

The Hebrew word means “mud-plaster” or “whitewash.” These prophets were involved in “whitewashing” the sins of the nation’s leaders. If the proper antecedent for them is “princes”, then the priests were also guilty of approving murder. As go the leaders so go the followers. The people of the land were average citizens or commoners. God could not find a spiritual leader to guide the people in godliness. NKJ Bible.

Ezekiel 22:26-31

27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy people, and to get dishonest gain. 28 Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger. 30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. 31 Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.

Exodus 23:9 | “Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:33 | ‘And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.

Psalm 106:23 | Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach,To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

Isaiah 1:23 | Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards.They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.