'Priests' in the Bible

The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter.

I called out to my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have died within the city while looking for something to eat to keep themselves alive.

Look, LORD, and take note: To whom have you done this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cuddled? Should priests and prophets be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Due to the sins committed by her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests who shed in her midst, the blood of the righteous,

The LORD himself separated them; he will do nothing more for them. They did not respect their own priests; they did not honor their elders.