1Sa 2:12-17, 22, Jer 2:8, 26-27, Lam 4:13, Mic 3:11-12, Zep 3:3-4 | 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.

Jeremiah 2:8

8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
^gThose who handle the law did not know me;
^hthe shepherds ^{▼▼Or rulers} transgressed against me;
^jthe prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after ^kthings that do not profit.

Jeremiah 2:26-27

26 “As a thief is shamed when caught,
so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
^lthey, their kings, their officials,
their priests, and their prophets,
27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But ^min the time of their trouble they say,
‘Arise and save us!’

Lamentations 4:13

13 This was for ⁿthe sins of her prophets
and ^othe iniquities of her priests,
who shed in the midst of her
the blood of the righteous.

Micah 3:11-12

11 ^pIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
^qits priests teach for a price;
^rits prophets practice divination for money;
^syet they lean on the Lord and ^tsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
^uNo disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
^vZion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem ^wshall become a heap of ruins,
and ^xthe mountain of the house ^ya wooded height.

Zephaniah 3:3-4

3 ^zHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^aaevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
4 ^abHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^acher priests ^adprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.