And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as [if it were of] a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Ver. 6. And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle.] Redit ad deplorandam religionem: nothing grieves a good soul so much as the loss of religious opportunities. Old Eli's heart was broken before his neck at the news of the ark taken.
As if it were of a garden.] As if it were some cottage or hovel set up for a short time in a garden for the repose of the gardener. Isa 1:8
He hath destroyed his places of the assembly.] Whence we were wont to hope for help in answer to our prayers. There it was that he formerly "brake the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle." Psa 76:3 See Trapp on " Psa 76:3 " Hence 2Ch 4:9 the great court of the temple, where the people used to pray, is called Gnazarah; that is, help and defence.
The king and the priest.] Zedekiah and Seraiah, and with them the kingdom and the priesthood.
“ Haec iam pro vill, sub pedibusque iacent. ”