Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
In Judah the priests hid their eyes from the Sabbaths and profaned them as part of the nation's continual apostasy, and their disregard of the Sabbath was among the wrongs for which indignation was poured out upon them and they were repaid according to their own ways. The verse requires a clear distinction between the holy and the common, and between the clean and the unclean, so that treating sacred things as common profanes what belongs to God. To judge sacred things on the same level as ordinary things, without respect for what is holy, is to profane them and dishonor Him.
Losing the ability to make that distinction is a sign of spiritual decline, seen when sin loses its offensive character, as in a young man's deterioration in principle and character after refusing light. The same distinction applies to the mind's power to discern what is sacred, which is impaired when bodily disturbances prevent clear thought. Those responsible for others who make no effort to maintain that distinction will answer for leading others in the wrong direction and will face judgments unless they repent.
God's institutions are sacred, unlike ordinary business enterprises, and those connected with work established for Him must recognize and honor that sacred charge. They are to conduct it according to His plan and keep His fear before them. Applied to publishing work, the verse means a publishing house is to be a light and faithful witness for God and a memorial of the seventh-day Sabbath.
Applied to publishing and office work, the verse warns that mingling ordinary commercial work and matter expressing Satan's sentiments with sacred work, or allowing a spirit of trade, makes common things equal to sacred things and harms the work. Such mingling causes sacred work to lose its dignity and sense of sacredness, cheapening the institution. Left unchecked, the common may take the place of the sacred.