“In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.”
The house of Israel will no more defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings at their high places—identifying the specific defilements that led to exile: idolatry (harlotry) and improper burial practices (corpses at high places). The reference to both Israel and kings indicates that both people and leadership are accountable. The connection between defiled high places and exile emphasizes that covenant violation has consequences. The commitment that these defilements cease establishes new covenant parameters. This verse specifies the sins that must be renounced in restoration.
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