Jerusalem, God says, will become like Shiloh. What happened there? The people were then living in disobedience and thinking that the ark of God would protect them and give them victory; they took the ark from Shiloh. The place that was supposed to hold the ark, the representation of God's presence, was left without it. To make it worse, the Philistines won the battle and took the ark as a spoil of war. It was one of the darkest days in Israel. The line of leadership was broken with Eli and his children dead, and as far as they knew, God was no longer with them. God is saying to Jerusalem, I did this before, I'll do it again. You will lose the presence of God in your midst. Spoiler alert: they did.
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