Ezekiel 22:26

26 aHer priests bhave done violence to my law and chave profaned my holy things. dThey have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ethey have disregarded my Sabbaths, fso that I am profaned among them.

Hosea 5:1

Punishment Coming for Israel and Judah

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

Hosea 6:9

9As robbers jlie in wait for a man,
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to kShechem;
they commit villainy.

Micah 3:11

11 lIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
mits priests teach for a price;
nits prophets practice divination for money;
oyet they lean on the Lord and psay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
qNo disaster shall come upon us.”

Zephaniah 3:4

4 rHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
sher priests tprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.

Malachi 1:6

The Priests’ Polluted Offerings

6 u“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am va father, where is my honor? And if I am wa master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. xBut you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Malachi 2:8

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