The speaker changes from Jeremiah to Yahweh.

## the priests are polluted ##

AT: "the priests are sinful"

## in my house ##

Here Yahweh's temple is compared to a house, a place where Yahweh is said to live among his people. (See : [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## Yahweh's declaration ##

"what Yahweh has declared" or "what Yahweh has said"

## Like a slippery place in the darkness ##

AT: "unstable, or dangerous" (See : [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## in the year of their punishment ##

AT: "when their time for punishment comes"