The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
They have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast. The foe's shout of triumph in the captured temple bore a resemblance (but O how sad a contrast as to the occasion of it!) to the joyous thanksgivings which we used to offer in the same place at our "solemn feasts" (cf. Lamentations 2:22). [Cheth (ch)].