Lamentations 2:7 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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Lamentations 2:7

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Thomas Aquinas

Here is described the destruction of edifices inside the temple. First as to religion regarding the altar. For, the altar of holocausts: "The Lord has scorned his altar", Namely, handing over the altar for enemies to profane. Second: "disowned his sanctuary." That is, regarding pleasing sacrifices that were formerly offered. As I Maccabees 4:38 declares: "And they saw the sanctuary desolate, the altar profaned, and the gates burned." Then: "he has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces". …

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