priests

1 Samuel 2:12-17, 22
Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD . . .

Jeremiah 2:8, 26, 27
The priests did not ask, 'Where is the LORD?' The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols. . . .

Lamentations 4:13
But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

Micah 3:11, 12
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us." . . .

Zephaniah 3:3, 4
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. . . .

Malachi 1:6-8
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?" says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. Yet you ask, "How have we despised Your name?" . . .

Malachi 2:1-3, 8
And now this decree is for you, O priests: . . .

violated.

Leviticus 22:2
"Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:15, 29
Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept from you boiled meat, but only raw." . . .

put no

Ezekiel 44:23
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

Leviticus 10:1-3, 10
Now Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them, placed incense on them, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. . . .

Leviticus 11:47
You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not."

Leviticus 20:25
You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

Jeremiah 15:19
Therefore this is what the LORD says: "If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must return to you, but you must not return to them.

Haggai 2:11-13
"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Ask the priests for a ruling. . . .

hid their

Ezekiel 22:8
You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 20:12, 13
I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. . . .

I am profaned

Ezekiel 36:20
And wherever they went among the nations they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them 'These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.'

Romans 2:24
As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."