Isa 9:13-17, 24:2, Eze 22:25-31, Hos 4:5-6 | ESV | STEP | The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the Lord of hosts .

13 The people ^adid not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
14 So the Lord cut off from Israel ^bhead and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
15 ^cthe elder and honored man is the head,
and ^dthe prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
17 Therefore the Lord does not ^erejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is ^fgodless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks ^gfolly. ^{▼▼Or speaks disgraceful things}
ⁱFor all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 24:2

2 ^jAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
^kas with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
^las with the creditor, so with the debtor.

Ezekiel 22:25-31

25 ^mThe conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is ⁿlike a roaring lion ^otearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 ^pHer priests ^qhave done violence to my law and ^rhave profaned my holy things. ^sThey have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^tthey have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^uso that I am profaned among them. 27 ^vHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^wtearing the prey, ^xshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And ^yher prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ^zseeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. 29 The people of the land ^aahave practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^abhave extorted from the sojourner without justice. 30 ^acAnd I sought for a man among them ^adwho should build up the wall ^aeand stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. 31 Therefore ^afI have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned ^agtheir way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”

Hosea 4:5-6

5 You shall stumble by day;
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;
and I will destroy ^ahyour mother.
6 My people are destroyed ^aifor lack of knowledge;
^ajbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you ^akfrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
^alI also will forget your children.