▼ Applied to prophets, the word פֹּחֲזִים (pokhazim, “proud”) probably refers to their audacity in passing off their own words as genuine prophecies from the Lord (see Jer 23:32).

▼ Or “defile the temple.”

▼ These priests defile what is holy by not observing the proper distinctions between what is ritually clean and unclean (see Ezek 22:26).

▼ Heb “they treat violently [the] law.”