1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s Worthless Sons

12Now the sons of Eli were aworthless men. bThey did not know the Lord.

Isaiah 28:7

7 cThese also reel with wine
and dstagger with strong drink;
the priest and ethe prophet reel with strong drink,
they are swallowed by
Or confused by
wine,
they stagger with strong drink,
they reel in vision,
they stumble in giving judgment.

Isaiah 29:10

10 gFor the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 56:9-12

Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders

9 hAll you beasts of the field, come to devour
all you beasts in the forest.
10 iHis watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent jdogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 kThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But lthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
meach to his own gain, one and all.
12 nCome,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
oand tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”

Jeremiah 2:6

6They did not say, pWhere is the Lord
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us qin the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that none passes through,
where no man dwells?’

Jeremiah 5:31

31 rthe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
smy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 8:10-11

10 tTherefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone uis greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
11They have healed vthe wound of my people lightly,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 23:9-15

Lying Prophets

9Concerning the prophets:

wMy heart is broken within me;
xall my bones shake;
I am like a drunken man,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
and because of his holy words.
10 yFor the land is full of adulterers;
zbecause of the curse aathe land mourns,
and abthe pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
acTheir course is evil,
and their might is not right.
11 adBoth prophet and priest are ungodly;
even aein my house I have found their evil,

declares the Lord.
12 afTherefore their way shall be to them
like slippery paths agin the darkness,
into which they shall be driven and fall,
for I will bring disaster upon them
ahin the year of their punishment,

declares the Lord.
13In the prophets of aiSamaria
ajI saw an unsavory thing:
akthey prophesied by Baal
aland led my people Israel astray.
14But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
amthey commit adultery and walk in lies;
anthey strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
aoall of them have become like Sodom to me,
apand its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
aqBehold, I will feed them with bitter food
arand give them aspoisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
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