וַיַּחְמֹ֤ס כַּגַּן֙ שֻׂכּ֔וֹ שִׁחֵ֖ת מוֹעֲד֑וֹ שִׁכַּ֨ח יְהוָ֤ה ׀ בְּצִיּוֹן֙ מוֹעֵ֣ד וְשַׁבָּ֔ת וַיִּנְאַ֥ץ בְּזַֽעַם־אַפּ֖וֹ מֶ֥לֶךְ וְכֹהֵֽן׃ (ס)
And He hath stripped His tabernacle, as if it were a garden, He hath destroyed His place of assembly; The LORD hath caused to be forgotten in Zion Appointed season and sabbath, And hath rejected in the indignation of His anger The king and the priest.
Rashi on Lamentations
He cut down. An expression of cutting, and similarly, “He will cast off like a vine,”17Iyov 15:33. [and] “your steps were cut off.”18Yirmiyahu 13:22.
Rashi on Lamentations
Like a garden. As they cut off the vegetables of a garden.
Rashi on Lamentations
His dwelling place. His abode.19The Kodesh Hakodoshim. (Palgei Mayim) It is written שִׁכּוֹ [to indicate] that He lightened20As in Bereishis 8:1, ‘and the waters subsided’ [וישכו]. His anger against His children with the destruction of His House. [So it is expounded] in the Midrash of Lamentations.21Eichah Rabbah 2:10.