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The pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
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Signs of a Lost Faith
Matthew Henry explains the profound spiritual lesson here: God allowed the temple's beautiful furnishings to be destroyed because the people had already destroyed true worship in their hearts. When the 'life and power of religion are neglected,' God shows how little He values the 'outward pomp.' The removal of the physical signs was a righteous judgment reflecting the people's prior spiritual abandonment.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The pillars of brass ... - All the more precious treasures had already been removed from the temple (2 Kings 24:13). However, ma…
19th Century
Anglican
And the pillars of brass. —From this point Jeremiah 39:0 ceases to be parallel with the present narrative. (See the Notes…
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Reformed Baptist
Ver. 13-17. And the pillars of brass that were in the house of theLordThe two pillars…
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