John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 44:8

"And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves." — Ezekiel 44:8 (ASV)

And you have not kept the charge of mine holy things. That is, have not kept and retained the holy doctrines of the Gospel; nor observed the holy ordinances of it, as they were first delivered:

but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves; meaning either, that such as were in public office did not attend to it; but were idol shepherds, and left the flock, their care and charge, to others, to surrogates and curates, to do their work for them; while they indulged themselves in sloth and idleness: or that the members and hearers set up preachers for themselves, according to their lusts, agreeable to their own carnal sentiments, without any regard to the will and glory of God.