VVO to Ariel] Or, O Ariel. (as Chap. 18. 1.) that is, the lion of God. the Altar of burntofferings, Ezekiel 43:15. so called, because it devoured and consumed the beasts sacrificed to God on it. He threatneth the ruine of the Temple. the citie] Or, of the citie. Jerusalem, wherein the Temple stood. where David dwelt] Heb. encamped. as Nehem. 11. 30. adde ye yeare to yeare] Or, proceed from yeare to yeare, in causing sacrifices to be killed. as vers. 14. & Chap. 52. 1. Keep your yearely feasts, while you may: for you shall not keep them long, Exodus 23:14. Lamentations 1:4. Nor shall your vain confidence in your sacrifices, long continue, Jeremiah 7:4; Jeremiah 7:10; Jeremiah 7:14; Jeremiah 7:21. let them kill sacrifices] Heb. cut off the heads. or, behead. Ch. 66. 3. sacrifices] Heb. feasts; for the beasts sacrificed in the feasts: as Psal. 118 27.