And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

but -- that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law -- They hated me without a cause.

Thy testimonies have been very stedfast, To Thy house comely [is] holiness, O Jehovah, for length of days!

I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices [Are] for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, 'A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.

A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.

and he was teaching, saying to them, 'Hath it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?'

saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'