7. defiled—or, "profaned," as in Ps 89:39.

     7. they . . . made a noise in . . . house of . . . Lord, as in . . . feast—The foe's shout of triumph in the captured temple bore a resemblance (but oh, how sad a contrast as to the occasion of it!) to the joyous thanksgivings we used to offer in the same place at our "solemn feasts" (compare La 2:22).

     Cheth.