In the Gospels, we get an account of Jesus overturning tables and driving out the money changers. He calls them a den of thieves which, to most readers, tells us that the thing He's angry about is their dishonest business dealings.

They must be taking advantage of the poor, buying and selling unfairly, and extorting those who can't help but fall prey to them. Right?

Kind of.

Jesus isn't just arbitrarily calling them a den of thieves, and He doesn't arbitrarily decide to state that the temple was meant to be a house of prayer for all peoples.

These are verses from Jeremiah and Isaiah, respectively, that we can read for ourselves to understand the context with which Jesus is speaking.

In both sections of Jeremiah and Isaiah, God is displeased with Israel's treatment of the foreigner and stranger who is attempting to draw near to God.

In the Gospels, it helps us to know that Jesus is overturning the tables OUTSIDE OF the Court of the Gentiles.

Who is being extorted? Who is being cheated to make a profit? The same people that Israel has always mistreated - those to whom they were supposed to be bringing the light of God as a model nation - the Gentiles.

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