MARK 11:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
And as he taught them, he said, is it not written: my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers — the two citations: Isaiah 56:7 (my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations) and Jeremiah 7:11 (has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers to you?). The Isaiah citation establishes what the temple was meant to be — a house of prayer for all nations, including Gentiles. The Jeremiah citation establishes the judgment the temple faces for its corruption — Jeremiah's temple speech preceded the Babylonian destruction.
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