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Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
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A Den of Robbers
Commentators explain that the people were treating God's house like a criminal's hideout. They would commit theft, murder, and idolatry, then run to the temple to perform rituals, believing this holy place made them safe from consequences. They used religion as a cover for their sin, much like robbers use a den to hide after a crime.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Robbers - literally, tearers, those who rob with violence. The temple was the place which sheltered them. It had been consecrated to God. No…
19th Century
Anglican
A den of robbers. The words had a special force in a country like Palestine, where the limestone rocks presented many caves, which…
Baptist
You know how, through the sin of Eli's sons, God forsook Shiloh; and the tent of his house and the ark of his covenant were removed, and Shiloh bec…
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16th Century
Protestant
The meaning seems to be suspended in the first verse, when he says, Whether to steal, to kill, and to commit adultery, etc.; but there is …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Is this house, which is called by my name Meaning the temple: become a den of robbers in your eyes
No observances, professions, or supposed revelations will profit, if people do not amend their ways and their actions. None can claim an interest i…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet excludes the third means of assistance on which the people might have relied: the practice of their religion. He addres…
