~ because they have defiled ~ 16_NEH_13_29  Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. #, 24_JER_16_18  And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. #,