Is this house, which is called by my name,.... Meaning the temple:become a den of robbers in your eyes? or do you look upon it, and make use of it, as thieves do of dens; who, when they have robbed and murdered men, betake themselves to them, not only to share their spoil, but to hide themselves?
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Jeremiah 7:11
Jeremiah 7:11
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