I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary. — Better, holy princes. The title is given to the chief priests in 1 Chronicles 24:5. In the exile their priestly functions were in abeyance. They were practically desecrated.

The curse. — The cherem, or ban, answering to the anathema. The state described answers to that of Hosea 3:4.

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