There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
There is a conspiracy - the false prophets have conspired both to propagate error and to oppose messages of God's servants. They are mentioned first, as their bad influence extended the widest.
Like a roaring lion ravening the prey. Their aim greed of gain, "treasure, and precious things " Hosea 6:9; Zephaniah 3:3-4; Matthew 23:14).
They have made her many windows - by occasioning, through false prophecies, the war with the Chaldeans, in which the husbands fell.