Jeremiah 7:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Has this house which bears my name become in your eyes a den of thieves? I have seen it for myself!—oracle of the Lord.(A) 12 Go to my place at Shiloh,[a] where I made my name dwell in the beginning. See what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.(B) 13 And now, because you have committed all these deeds—oracle of the Lord—because you did not listen, though I spoke to you untiringly, and because you did not answer, though I called you,
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- 7:12 Shiloh: an important sanctuary where the ark of the covenant was kept, according to the Books of Joshua, Judges, and 1 Samuel. In response to the corrupt behavior of the priests serving there, God allows the Philistines to destroy Shiloh and take the ark of the covenant. Cf. 1 Sm 1:9; 4:3–4; Ps 78:60, 68–69.
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