Eze 44:6-7 | JFB | e4.org | 4-6. Directions as to the priests. Their acts of desecration are attributed to "the house of Israel" ( ), as the sins of the priesthood and of the people acted and reacted on one another; "like people, like priest" ( ).

‏ Ezekiel 44:6-7

4-6. Directions as to the priests. Their acts of desecration are attributed to "the house of Israel" (Eze 44:6, 7), as the sins of the priesthood and of the people acted and reacted on one another; "like people, like priest" (Jer 5:31; Ho 4:9).

7. uncircumcised in heart—Israelites circumcised outwardly, but wanting the true circumcision of the heart (De 10:16; Ac 7:51).

uncircumcised in flesh—not having even the outward badge of the covenant-people.