וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־עָֽרֵיכֶם֙ חָרְבָּ֔ה וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֖י אֶת־מִקְדְּשֵׁיכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א אָרִ֔יחַ בְּרֵ֖יחַ נִיחֹֽחֲכֶֽם׃
Y pondré vuestras ciudades en desierto, y asolaré vuestros santuarios, y no oleré la fragancia de vuestro suave perfume.
Sha'arei Orah
Daniel thus said, “I am only making a small request of You, that You return to Your place that is sanctified to You, from which it is impossible for You to separate. For, although You have withdrawn from it, it nevertheless is sanctified to You.” He therefore said,141Daniel 9:17 “Let Your face shine upon Your desolate Sanctuary,” in that it certainly is Your desolate Sanctuary. That is, even though it is desolate and destroyed, it is Yours. In other words, when he said, “upon Your desolate Sanctuary,” this is like the verse that states,142Leviticus 26:31 “And I will bring desolation to your Sanctuaries,” about which it is taught,143Talmud Bavli, Megillah 28a “Even though they are desolate, their sanctity remains.” Thus, it is about this that Daniel said, “Let Your face shine upon Your desolate Sanctuary.”