The catalogue of the chiefs, the priests, and the people's unfaithfulness, idolatry, and desecration of the Lord's house indicates that the spiritual corruption was not limited to the king but extended throughout the leadership and the general population. The enumeration of different social groups suggests corporate guilt and widespread participation in the apostasy that characterized the final era before exile. The specific mention of desecrating the Lord's house recalls the temple as the locus of covenantal relationship and emphasizes that the community's violation of covenant extended to the sanctuary itself. This verse portrays communal apostasy as the background to national judgment.

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