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I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
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Verse 7. Prayer. So the temple is justly styled. Bible.—This shall be open to all nations. After the captivity, the Jews condescended to let the Gentiles have a court, and they even suffered some princes to go into the court of the priests. 2 Maccabees 3:33. Physcon wished to penetrate into the inner sanctuary, (3 Mac. Sirach 1) which could not be granted.
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