Psa 78:64, Isa 9:14-17, Jer 5:31, 14:15-18, 23:11-15, Lam 1:19, 4:13, 16 | ESV | STEP | Their priests fell by the sword , and their widows made no lamentation .

14 So the Lord cut off from Israel ^chead and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
15 ^dthe elder and honored man is the head,
and ^ethe 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 ^frejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is ^ggodless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks ^hfolly. ^{▼▼Or speaks disgraceful things}
^jFor all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

Jeremiah 5:31

31 ^kthe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
^lmy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 14:15-18

15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although ^mI did not send them, and who say, ⁿ‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: ^oBy sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, ^pwith none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

17 “You shall say to them this word:
^q‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin ^rdaughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
^swith a very grievous blow.
18 ^tIf I go out into the field,
behold, those pierced by the sword!
^uAnd if I enter the city,
behold, the diseases of famine!
^vFor both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
and have no knowledge.’”

Jeremiah 23:11-15

11 ^w“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even ^xin my house I have found their evil,

declares the Lord.
12 ^yTherefore their way shall be to them
like slippery paths ^zin the darkness,
into which they shall be driven and fall,
for I will bring disaster upon them
^aain the year of their punishment,

declares the Lord.
13 In the prophets of ^abSamaria
^acI saw an unsavory thing:
^adthey prophesied by Baal
^aeand led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
^afthey commit adultery and walk in lies;
^agthey strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
^ahall of them have become like Sodom to me,
^aiand its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
^aj“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
^akand give them ^alpoisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”

Lamentations 1:19

19 “I called to ^ammy lovers,
but they deceived me;
my priests and elders
perished in the city,
while ^anthey sought food
to revive their strength.

Lamentations 4:13

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

Lamentations 4:16

16 ^aqThe Lord himself ^{▼▼Hebrew The face of the Lord} has scattered them;
he will regard them no more;
^asno honor was shown to the priests,
^atno favor to the elders.