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No Place is Safe from Judgment
Commentators explain that mentioning Shiloh was a shocking historical warning. Shiloh was the previous, venerable location of the Ark of the Covenant, but God abandoned it because of Israel's sin. Jeremiah's message was clear: the Jerusalem temple's existence was not a magical guarantee of safety. If the people persisted in disobedience, God would forsake their holy place just as He had done before.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 26:6
19th Century
Bishop
I will make this house like Shiloh. —See Notes on Jeremiah 7:14. The surprise and anger with which the announcement was received indicate …
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 26:4–6
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet now briefly includes what he had been teaching, what he had been commanded to declare to the people. No doubt he spoke to them more at …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 26:6
17th Century
Pastor
Then will I make this house like Shiloh
Where the ark was until it was taken by the Philistines; and then the Lord f…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 26:1–6
17th Century
Minister
God's ambassadors must not seek to please men or to save themselves from harm. See how God waits to be gracious. If they persisted in disobedience,…