28. profaned the princes-- (Ps 89:39; La 2:2, 6, 7). I have esteemed, or treated, them as persons not sacred. I have left them to suffer the same treatment as the common people, stripped of their holy office and in captivity.
      princes of the sanctuary--"governors of" it (1Ch 24:5); directing its holy services; priests.
      curse--Hebrew, cherim, a "solemn anathema," or "excommunication."
      reproaches-- (Ps 123:3, 4).

JFB.