Yea some of them were fallen into the grossest sins. _The company of priests, saith_ Hosea, _commit lewdness: There is whoredom in_ Ephraim, Israel _is despised_, (chapter vi. 9, 10.) _I have seen also in the prophets of_ Jerusalem (saith God by _Jeremiah_) _an horrible thing; they commit adultery and walk in lies_, (chapter xxiii. 14.) 18. And those who were clear of this, were deeply covetous. _Who is there among you, that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on my altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts_, (Malachi vi. 10.) _The priests of_ Zion _preach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money. Yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us?_ (Micah iii. 11.) _Thus, saith the Lord, the prophets bite with their teeth, and cry peace: and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him_, (chapter iii. 5.) Therefore _the word of the Lord came unto_ Ezekiel, _saying, Prophesy against the shepherds of_ Israel, _and say, Woe be to the shepherds of_ Israel _that do feed themselves: Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye eat the fat and ye cloath you with the wool; but ye feed not the flock. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost, but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd, and they became meat to all the beasts of the field. Yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them_, (chapter xxxiv. 1‒6.)