And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Ver. 18. And they shall take away all the detestable things.] So God calleth their idols and monuments of idolatry, not deigning to call them by their usual names. After the captivity the Jews would never endure idols. They chose rather to die than to suffer Caligula's statue to be set up in their temple by Petronins. To this day they say that there is an ounce of the golden calf in all their sufferings.