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# General Information:
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God had said earlier in his word, through the prophet Isaiah, that his temple would be a house of prayer for all the nations.
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# Is it not written, 'My house will be called ... the nations'?
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Jesus is rebuking the Jewish leaders for their misuse of the temple. This can be written as a statement. AT: "It is written in the scriptures that God said, 'I want my house to be called a house where people from all nations may pray.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# But you have made it a den of robbers
Jesus compares the people to robbers and the temple to a robbers' den. AT: "But you are like robbers who have made my house into a robbers' den" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# a den of robbers
"a cave where robbers hide"