in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 7. Flesh. People of this description were not to enter the temple, which is here called the sanctuary, even though they adored God. In some cases pagans were admitted into any part, except the most holy. Epiphanes ( Calmet.) and Pompey forced their passage thither, to the great sorrow of the Jews. Jos. Bel. i. 5. See Sirach 52. Acts 21:28.—During the plundering of the city, the Chaldees did the like; (Lamentations 1:10. Bible.) and while idols were set up, all rules were neglected.—Doings. You observe the exterior, and not the spirit of religion.