OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 7:4

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Don’t trust in lying words, saying, ‘The LORD’s temple, the LORD’s temple, the LORD’s temple, are these.’

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Verse 4. Lord. The triple repetition shews the vain confidence of the people, who blindly imagined that the temple would screen them, ( Calmet.) and that external sacrifices would suffice. But they were rejected with the temple. Worthington.

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