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The Warning Example of Shiloh
v. 8. Behold, ye trust in lying words, those of the false prophets, the hypocritical leaders, that cannot profit, which brought only harm and the curse upon them.
v. 9. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, the chief idol of the heathen nations round about, and walk after other gods whom ye know not, who have never manifested and proved themselves as the true God did, by His words and works,
v. 10. and come and stand before Me in this house, in brazen hypocrisy, Cf Eze_23:39, which is called by My name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? They believed that, in spite of the threats announced by the prophet, they had nothing to fear, that the calamities which Jeremiah insisted were impending would not strike them, that their hypocritical behavior would have no evil consequences. But the Lord has His rejoinder ready.
v. 11. Is this house, which is called by My name, the Temple where Jehovah revealed Himself, become a den of robbers in your eyes? a place where they feel safe with their loot, a refuge where they hope to plan further abominations. Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord, namely, the fact that this abuse of the Temple is taking place.
v. 12. But go ye now unto My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, namely, when the Tabernacle was erected there, Deu_12:11; Jos_18:1, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel. Because the northern nation persisted in its idolatrous practices, the Lord not only took away the Tabernacle from Shiloh, but He also brought a complete destruction upon the entire country of the ten tribes. This fact is intended as an example of warning to Judah.
v. 13. And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, becoming guilty of the various forms of wickedness which He has enumerated in His reproofs, and I spake unto you, rising up early, in His earnest zeal for their welfare, and speaking, but ye heard not, and I called you, but ye answered not, being willfully disobedient and stubborn,
v. 14. therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by My name, wherein ye trust, placing their confidence in the external building, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. As the Lord had ceased to dwell in the midst of the disobedient Israelites, when He took from them His sanctuary, so He would cease to dwell at Jerusalem.
v. 15. And I will cast you out of My sight, completely disowning them, as I have cast out all your brethren, descendants of the same forefather, Abraham, even the whole seed of Ephraim, the ten tribes. The evidences of the goodness of the Lord are intended at all times to lead men to repentance.