Urim and Thummim, the eternal fire on the altar—all have been swept away in the Babylonian holocaust; and though substitutes may take their place, they have not the same significance. The old cultic treasures were reminders of the mighty acts of God among Israel’s forebears. Now they are gone, and dim old eyes can only fill with tears at the remembrance of what used to be. The old ones forget that it was not Solomon but God who filled the temple with glory, and so they mourn the past that can never