Lecture 7

^2:7^ Zain. The Lord has cast off his altar, he has cursed his sanctuary: he has delivered the walls of the towers thereof into the hand of the enemy: they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

29. Here he touches on the destruction of the structures that were in the temple.

And first, of the altar for worship: his altar, of holocausts, the Lord has cast off, handing it over to their enemies to be profaned; his sanctuary, the sacrifices of propitiation that were offered there. They saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar profaned (1 Macc 4:38). The holy places are come into the hands of strangers (1 Macc 2:8).

Third, the burning of the temple by men: they have made a noise, of blasphemies or cries of war; as in the day of a solemn feast, as the priests were accustomed to use in praising God. A voice of the people from the city, a voice from the temple, the voice of the Lord that renders recompense to his enemies (Isa 66:6).