1Sa 2:12-17, 22, Eze 22:26, 44:7-8, Hos 4:6-8, Mal 2:8 | ESV | STEP | Now the sons of Eli were worthless men . They did not know the Lord .

1 Samuel 2:12-17

Eli’s Worthless Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were ^aworthless men. ^bThey did not know the Lord. 13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, 14 and he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15 Moreover, ^cbefore the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you but only raw.” 16 And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first, and then take as much as you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now, and if not, I will take it by force.” 17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great ^din the sight of the Lord, ^efor the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.

1 Samuel 2:22

Eli Rebukes His Sons

22 Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who ^fwere serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Ezekiel 22:26

26 ^gHer priests ^hhave done violence to my law and ⁱhave profaned my holy things. ^jThey have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^kthey have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^lso that I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 44:7-8

7 in ^madmitting foreigners, ⁿuncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, ^oprofaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew They} have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations. 8 And ^qyou have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.

Hosea 4:6-8

6 My people are destroyed ^rfor lack of knowledge;
^sbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you ^tfrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
^uI also will forget your children.
7 ^vThe more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
^wI will change their glory into shame.
8 ^xThey feed on the sin ^{▼▼Or sin offering} of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.

Malachi 2:8

8 But you have turned aside from the way. ^zYou have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted ^aathe covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,