The priests:
"Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them." (Ezekiel 22:26)
The officials:
"Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain." (Ezekiel 22:27)
The prophets:
"Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says’—when the LORD has not spoken." (Ezekiel 22:28)
The people:
"The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice." (Ezekiel 22:29
God examines this nation, looking first at the priests, the "spiritual leaders" of the land. He finds instead compromised men whose efforts are an insult to Him. So next God looks at the leaders of the lands, finding only corrupt men, who receive help for these evil deeds from the false prophets. So God examines the everyday people in this nation, finding the overall result is a selfish and greedy population.
Finally, God begins to look for just one person, a man of God who will go the distance, will "stand in the gap" before God and plead for these people. One man to save the nation.
"I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it..." (Ezekiel 22:30a).
And what does God find?
NO ONE!
Israel was completely destroyed because they turned away from the one true God!
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