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then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
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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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19th Century
Anglican
I will make this house like Shiloh. —See Notes on Jeremiah 7:14. The surprise and anger with which the announcement was received indicate …
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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Presbyterian
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,…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the prophecy is given, and it is divided into three parts.
The first part concerns the occasion of the persecution. The secon…
