“The Jerusalem priests
Have done violence
To my teaching.
They have profaned
My holy things.
They have made
No distinction
Between the holy
With the common.
Neither have they
Taught the difference
Between the unclean
With the clean.
They have disregarded
My Sabbath.
Thus I am profaned
Among them.”
Even the priests in Jerusalem were doing violence to the teaching of Yahweh. They had profaned his holy things, since they were not making any distinction between the holy things and the common things. They did not distinguish between the clean and the unclean items. They disregarded the Sabbath practices. Thus they profaned Yahweh among themselves.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 