Yea, the sparrow, &c. These two lines are placed within. parenthesis.
sparrow: or bird.
nest. Not in the altars. See note below.
Even Thine altars. Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6. Supply it by repeating the verb "found" from preceding clause. "[Even so have. found] Thine altars", &c. Nothing has "dropped out" from the text.
altars: i.e. the two altars; the brazen altar of burnt offering, and the golden altar of incense. Birds could not build their nests in these! These have no reference to the times of the Maccabees, but to Exodus 27:1, and Exodus 30:1. Compare Numbers 3:31.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.