OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 7:12

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“But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

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Verse 12. Beginning, under Josue. Bible.—The sins of a few priests caused this place to be abandoned, (1 Kennicott. 2:22 and 3:4. Psalms 77:60) and shall the crimes of a whole people escape? Calmet.—It is true, that place and Jerusalem were once sanctified: but the people being criminal, God retires. Worthington.

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