Footnote

a Jehovah was thus offering a contrast with the way his people had formerly treated his sacred house: “By putting their threshold next to my threshold and their doorpost beside my doorpost, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by the detestable things they did.” (Ezek. 43:8) In ancient Jerusalem, there was only a wall separating Jehovah’s temple from secular housing. As the people strayed from Jehovah’s righteous standards, they brought their uncleanness, their idolatry, right up against Jehovah’s house. That situation was intolerable!