21 I will give it as ^aplunder
Into the hands of strangers,
And to the wicked of the earth as spoil;
And they shall defile it. ‡

22 I will turn My face from them,
And they will defile My secret place;
For robbers shall enter it and defile it.

25 ¹Destruction comes;
They will seek peace, but there shall be none. ‡

26 ^aDisaster will come upon disaster,
And rumor will be upon rumor.
^bThen they will seek a vision from a prophet;
But the law will perish from the priest,
And counsel from the elders. ‡