Ezekiel 22:25 - Exposition

A conspiracy of prophets . The prophet's thoughts go back to Ezekiel 13:1-16 , from which, in Verse 28, he actually quotes It is probable that, in the interval, fresh tidings had reached him of the evil work which they were doing at Jerusalem. The LXX . ἀφηγούμενοι (equivalent to "princes") suggests that they followed a different text, and this is adopted by Keil and Hitzig. Like a roaring lion (comp. Ezekiel 19:2 , Ezekiel 19:3 ; 1 Peter 5:8 ). The word probably points to the loud declamations of the false prophets (compare, as a striking parallel, Zephaniah 3:3 , Zephaniah 3:4 ).