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Zep 3:4 Strong Concordance Her prophets [05030] are light [06348] and treacherous [0900] persons [0582]: her priests [03548] have polluted [02490] the sanctuary [06944], they have done violence [02554] to the law [08451].
  King James Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
light--in whose life and teaching there is no truth, gravity, or steadiness.

treacherous--false to Jehovah, whose prophets they profess to be (Jer 23:32; Eze 22:28).

polluted . . . sanctuary--by their profane deeds.
 
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28 And her prophets [05030] have daubed [02902] them with untempered [08602] morter, seeing [02374] vanity [07723], and divining [07080] lies [03577] unto them, saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], when the LORD [03068] hath not spoken [01696].
32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy [05012] false [08267] dreams [02472], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and do tell [05608] them, and cause my people [05971] to err [08582] by their lies [08267], and by their lightness [06350]; yet I sent [07971] them not, nor commanded [06680] them: therefore they shall not profit [03276] this people [05971] at all [03276], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
25 Woe [3759] unto you [5213], scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], hypocrites [5273]! for [3754] ye make clean [2511] the outside [1855] of the cup [4221] and [2532] of the platter [3953], but [1161] within [2081] they are full [1073] of [1537] extortion [724] and [2532] excess [192].
23 Woe [3759] unto you [5213], scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], hypocrites [5273]! for [3754] ye pay tithe [586] of mint [2238] and [2532] anise [432] and [2532] cummin [2951], and [2532] have omitted [863] the weightier [926] matters of the law [3551], judgment [2920], [2532] mercy [1656], and [2532] faith [4102]: these [5023] ought ye [1163] to have done [4160], and not [3361] to leave [863] the other [2548] undone [863].
6 And [2532] honour [5091] not [3364] his [846] father [3962] or [2228] his [846] mother [3384], he shall be free. Thus [2532] have ye made [208] the commandment [1785] of God [2316] of none effect [208] by [1223] your [5216] tradition [3862].
7 The Jews [2453] answered [611] him [846], We [2249] have [2192] a law [3551], and [2532] by [2596] our [2257] law [3551] he ought [3784] to die [599], because [3754] he made [4160] himself [1438] the Son [5207] of God [2316].
16 This I say [3004] then [1161], Walk [4043] in the Spirit [4151], and [2532] ye shall [5055] not [3364] fulfil [5055] the lust [1939] of the flesh [4561].
26 Her priests [03548] have violated [02554] my law [08451], and have profaned [02490] mine holy things [06944]: they have put no difference [0914] between the holy [06944] and profane [02455], neither have they shewed [03045] difference between the unclean [02931] and the clean [02889], and have hid [05956] their eyes [05869] from my sabbaths [07676], and I am profaned [02490] among [08432] them.
2 Speak [01696] unto all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, Ye shall be holy [06918]: for I the LORD [03068] your God [0430] am holy [06918].
44 For I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves [06942], and ye shall be holy [06918]; for I am holy [06918]: neither shall ye defile [02930] yourselves [05315] with any manner of creeping thing [08318] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776].
10 And that ye may put difference [0914] between holy [06944] and unholy [02455], and between unclean [02931] and clean [02889];
11 And that ye may teach [03384] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] all the statutes [02706] which the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] unto them by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
17 Wherefore the sin [02403] of the young men [05288] was very [03966] great [01419] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: for men [0582] abhorred [05006] the offering [04503] of the LORD [03068].
28 And I said [0559] unto them, Ye are holy [06944] unto the LORD [03068]; the vessels [03627] are holy [06944] also; and the silver [03701] and the gold [02091] are a freewill offering [05071] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01].
14 Thy prophets [05030] have seen [02372] vain [07723] and foolish things [08602] for thee: and they have not discovered [01540] thine iniquity [05771], to turn away [07725] thy captivity [07622] [07622]; but have seen [02372] for thee false [07723] burdens [04864] and causes of banishment [04065].
16 For the leaders [0833] of this people [05971] cause them to err [08582]; and they that are led [0833] of them are destroyed [01104].
15 The ancient [02205] and honourable [06440] [05375], he [01931] is the head [07218]; and the prophet [05030] that teacheth [03384] lies [08267], he is the tail [02180].
11 If [03863] a man [0376] walking [01980] in the spirit [07307] and falsehood [08267] do lie [03576], saying, I will prophesy [05197] unto thee of wine [03196] and of strong drink [07941]; he shall even be the prophet [05197] of this people [05971].