1 Samuel 2:28-30

28 aDid I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, bto wear an ephod before me? cI gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel. 29Why then do you dscorn
Hebrew kick at
my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’
30Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: f‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ gbut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Jeremiah 5:30-31

30 An appalling and hhorrible thing
has happened in the land:
31 ithe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
jmy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 23:11

11 kBoth prophet and priest are ungodly;
even lin my house I have found their evil,

declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:26

26 mHer priests nhave done violence to my law and ohave profaned my holy things. pThey have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and qthey have disregarded my Sabbaths, rso that I am profaned among them.

Hosea 4:6

6My people are destroyed sfor lack of knowledge;
tbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you ufrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
vI also will forget your children.

Hosea 5:1

Punishment Coming for Israel and Judah

1 wHear this, O priests!
Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For the judgment is for you;
for xyou have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread upon yTabor.

Malachi 2:8

8But 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,
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