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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 7:11 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 7:11 |
King James |
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
den of robbers--Do you regard My temple as being what robbers make their den, namely, an asylum wherein ye may obtain impunity for your abominations (Jer 7:10)?
seen it--namely, that ye treat My house as if it were a den of thieves. Jehovah implies more than is expressed, "I have seen and will punish it" (Isa 56:7; Mat 21:13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Robbers - literally, tearers, those who rob with violence. The temple was the place which sheltered them. It had been consecrated to God. Now that it harbors miscreants, must it not as inevitably be destroyed as a den of robbers would be by any righteous ruler? |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A den - Do you look upon this house as a sanctuary for robbers and murderers. |
13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?