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Robbers - literally, tearers, those who rob with violence. The temple was the place which sheltered them. It had been consecrated to God. No…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
A den of robbers. The words had a special force in a country like Palestine, where the limestone rocks presented many caves, which…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
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…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
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 …
John Gill
JohnGill
Is this house, which is called by my name Meaning the temple: become a den of robbers in your eyes
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
No observances, professions, or supposed revelations will profit, if people do not amend their ways and their actions. None can claim an interest i…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
1. Here, the prophet excludes the third means of a istance on which the people might have relied: the practice of their religion. He addre e…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes