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cast out
"throw out" or "chase out" or "force them to leave"
it is written
This can be translated as "The scriptures say" or "a prophet wrote these words in the scriptures." This is a quotation from Isaiah Isaiah 56:6.
my house
The word "my" refers to God.
house of prayer
"a place where people pray to me"
a den of robbers
"a place where robbers hide out." This is a metaphor. It can be translated with a simile as "like a den of robbers." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)