Ezekiel 22:26

“Her priests have violated my law, &c.] Or, “forced it”f341; they gave a wrong explanation of it, made it speak what it should not; they wrested the sense and meaning of it, and did and taught things contrary to it; they broke it themselves, who should have instructed others in it, and exhorted them to have kept it, and encouraged them by their own example: and have profaned my holy things; sacrifices and oblations, which were only to be offered and eaten by holy persons; they made them common to others who should not have partook of them: they have put no difference between the holy and the profane; between holy persons and things, and profane persons and things; they made no difference in…”

“Her priests--whose "lips should have kept knowledge" (Mal 2:7). violated--not simply transgressed; but, have done violence to the law, by wresting it to wrong ends, and putting wrong constructions on it. put no difference between the holy and profane, &c.--made no distinction between the clean and unclean (Lev 10:10), the Sabbath and other days, sanctioning violations of that holy day. "Holy" means, what is dedicated to God; "profane," what is in common use; "unclean," what is forbidden to be eaten; "clean," what is lawful to be eaten. I am profaned among them--They abuse My name to false or unjust purposes.”

“The sixth word of judgment. The special sins of princes, priests, and people. Ezekiel 22:26 Violated - Better as in margin; to offer “violence” to the Law is to misinterpret it. It was the special office of the priests to keep up the distinction between “holy” and “unholy,” “clean” and “unclean” Leviticus 10:10. Ezekiel 22:28 See the marginal reference note. Ezekiel 22:30 The land might be said to perish for the lack of such interpositions as saved their forefathers when Moses “stood in the gap.” This was a proof of the general corruption, that there was not in the city sufficient righteousness to save it from utter destruction. Prince, prophet, priest, all fail. return to 'Top of Page'…”

“My holy things - Sacrifices, and oblations. Put no difference - Neither have they in their practice, differenced holy and profane, nor in their teaching acquainted the people with the difference, nor in the exercise of their authority, separated the profane from the holy, either persons, or things. Hid their eyes - Despised, and would not see the holiness of the sabbaths. Profaned - Contemned, dishonoured, disobeyed. Ezekiel 22:27”

“priests: Sa1 2:12-17, Sa1 2:22; Jer 2:8, Jer 2:26, Jer 2:27; Lam 4:13; Mic 3:11, Mic 3:12; Zep 3:3, Zep 3:4; Mal 1:6-8, Mal 2:1-3, Mal 2:8 violated: Heb. offered violence to profaned: Lev. 22:2-33; Sa1 2:15, Sa1 2:29 put no: Eze 44:23; Lev 10:1-3, Lev 10:10, Lev 11:47, Lev 20:25; Jer 15:19; Hag 2:11-13 hid their: Eze 22:8, Eze 20:12, Eze 20:13 I am profaned: Eze 36:20; Rom 2:24 Ezekiel 22:27”