The clue is the lyric "rummaging for answers in the pages" and the excerpt "Den of thieves" which references the gospel of Mark 11:17.
"And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves."
This is about how the original message of religious prophets ("us") has become so corrupted and coopted by "them" that it has become a "contagious" virus and when it comes to reinterpreting scripture to justify actions in our name, "we" (the original prophets) want no part of it ("new ones are slave labor you can keep").
'Do you consider this House, which bears My name, to be a den of thieves?' Jeremiah 7:11
'Do you consider this House, which bears My name, to be a den of thieves?' Jeremiah 7:11
Being as Regina is Jewish I'd assume she would have taken it from this source, of the TNKh, which I happened to stumble upon during my reading recently.
It was a moment of complete and utter reSpekt for her, amazing.
Being as Regina is Jewish I'd assume she would have taken it from this source, of the TNKh, which I happened to stumble upon during my reading recently.
It was a moment of complete and utter reSpekt for her, amazing.
FURTHER,
Jeremiah refers often to worshiping icons and statues, and the way it's disgraceful to G-d. I do not think it's coincidental that Regina mentions statues in this song...
FURTHER,
Jeremiah refers often to worshiping icons and statues, and the way it's disgraceful to G-d. I do not think it's coincidental that Regina mentions statues in this song...
Myriads of interpretations, won't waste this space with my own cause they'd ramble; just wanted to put this in here!
The clue is the lyric "rummaging for answers in the pages" and the excerpt "Den of thieves" which references the gospel of Mark 11:17.
"And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves."
This is about how the original message of religious prophets ("us") has become so corrupted and coopted by "them" that it has become a "contagious" virus and when it comes to reinterpreting scripture to justify actions in our name, "we" (the original prophets) want no part of it ("new ones are slave labor you can keep").
In Nevi'im is also:
In Nevi'im is also:
'Do you consider this House, which bears My name, to be a den of thieves?' Jeremiah 7:11
'Do you consider this House, which bears My name, to be a den of thieves?' Jeremiah 7:11
Being as Regina is Jewish I'd assume she would have taken it from this source, of the TNKh, which I happened to stumble upon during my reading recently. It was a moment of complete and utter reSpekt for her, amazing.
Being as Regina is Jewish I'd assume she would have taken it from this source, of the TNKh, which I happened to stumble upon during my reading recently. It was a moment of complete and utter reSpekt for her, amazing.
FURTHER, Jeremiah refers often to worshiping icons and statues, and the way it's disgraceful to G-d. I do not think it's coincidental that Regina mentions statues in this song...
FURTHER, Jeremiah refers often to worshiping icons and statues, and the way it's disgraceful to G-d. I do not think it's coincidental that Regina mentions statues in this song...
Myriads of interpretations, won't waste this space with my own cause they'd ramble; just wanted to put this in here!