Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
Therefore I have profaned the princes - (Psalms 89:39; Lamentations 2:2; Lamentations 2:6-7.) I have esteemed or treated, them as persons not sacred. I have left them to suffer the same treatment as the common people, stripped of their holy office and in captivity.
Princes of the sanctuary - "governors of" it (1 Chronicles 24:5), directing its holy services; priests.
And have given Jacob to the curse - Hebrew, cherem (H2764), a solemn anathema (G331), or excommunication.
And Israel to reproaches - (Psalms 123:3-4.)
Remarks: However manifold be our sins, if we be the true Israel of God through repentance and faith, we are owned by the Lord as His. He who 'created and formed' us, will not lightly forsake His creatures. Much less will He who hath "redeemed" us and 'called us by name,' as His purchased flock, suffer the enemy to rob Him of the purchase of His blood. The believer must expect to 'pass through the waters' of affliction and "through the fire" of trial; but neither shall the rivers overwhelm him nor the fire consume him. Nay, "the flame" shall not so much as "kindle" upon the saints, so far as any real hurt to them is concerned. They are so 'precious in His sight,' that the mighty ones of the world must be sacrificed, sooner than any child of God should be injured.