translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JER

label: NET study note

text: That is, all those who have passed through the gates of the outer court and are standing in the courtyard of the temple.


text: The place in Shiloh…see what I did to it . This refers to the destruction of Shiloh by the Philistines circa 1050 b.c. (cf. Ps 78:60 ). The destruction of Shiloh is pertinent to the argument. The presence of the tabernacle and ark of the covenant did not prevent Shiloh from being destroyed when Israel sinned. The people of Israel used the ark as a magic charm but it did not prevent them from being defeated or the ark being captured ( 1 Sam 4:3, 11, 21-22 ).


text: Compare, e.g., 2 Kgs 21:3, 5, 7; 23:4, 6 ; Ezek 8:3, 5, 10-12, 16 . Manasseh had desecrated the temple by building altars, cult symbols, and idols in it. Josiah had purged the temple of these pagan elements. But it is obvious from both Jeremiah and Ezekiel that they had been replaced shortly after Josiah’s death. They were a primary cause of Judah’s guilt and punishment (see beside this passage, 19:5; 32:34-35 ).