“And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,”
The warning that if they do not listen to the prophets and ordinances and laws, God will make the temple like Shiloh represents the threat of desecration of the holy place. The reference to Shiloh (the destroyed shrine of the north) provides a historical precedent for what can happen to sacred places. The threat is not merely loss of the temple building but desolation of the most holy place. The verse shows the seriousness of the stakes involved in the current decision.
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