For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
The charge fell upon both the prophet and the priest in Judah, marking each alike as profane. Their standing in sacred office gave them no exemption, and their wrongdoing remained fully condemned despite their religious titles. The Lord Himself discovered their wickedness inside His own house. That house was the temple, a place set apart for God, whose holiness they broke by the evil they carried into it.
The charge fell upon both the prophet and the priest in Judah, marking each alike as profane. Their standing in sacred office gave them no exemption, and their wrongdoing remained fully condemned despite their religious titles. The Lord Himself discovered their wickedness inside His own house. That house was the temple, a place set apart for God, whose holiness they broke by the evil they carried into it.