Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
⛓ Read Ezekiel 22 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion4
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'Vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock' (v.29) takes up Ezekiel's image of the princes 'like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying souls' for gain. The wolves-versus-flock predation maps closely onto the corrupt leaders devouring the people.
High confidenceSending disciples as lambs among wolves inverts Ezekiel's indictment of Israel's leaders as wolves tearing prey, casting the unreceptive towns in the role of predators against God's defenseless agents. The predator-prey coherence and prophetic-judgment context align with Luke's woes that follow.
Medium confidenceIsrael's princes are 'like wolves tearing the prey' for gain — the predatory-wolf image for corrupt leaders, here the false prophets 'inwardly ravening wolves.'
Medium confidenceIsrael's predatory leaders are 'like wolves ravening the prey.' Combined with Zeph 3:3 this supplies the biblical 'wolves' menacing the flock, now the danger the sheep-disciples are sent into the midst of (10:16).
Medium confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Ezekiel's princes 'like wolves… to get dishonest gain' parallel those teaching for dishonest gain and overthrowing households. A faint reinforcing prophetic echo of rapacious leadership.
Low confidence