ABOMINATION, Shepherds were an Gen. xlvi. 34. Ex. viii. 26.Abomination to the Egyptians. The Hebrews were to sacrifice the Abominations of the Egyptians in the Wilderness, that is to say, their sacred Animals, Oxen, Goats, Lambs, and Rams, the Sacrifices whereof were look’d upon by the Egyptians as Abominations, and Things utterly unlawful. The Scripture generally terms Idolatry and Idols Abomination, not only because the Worship of Idols is in itself something abominable, but likewise because the Ceremonies of Idolaters were almost always attended with Licentiousness, and Actions of an infamous and abominable Nature. Moses also calls those Animals abominable, the use whereof was prohibited to the Hebrews.
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, foretold by Daniel, according to the best Interpreters, denotes the Idol of Jupiter Olympius, which was erected in the Temple of Jerusalem by the Command of Antiochus Epiphanes; and by the same Abomination of Desolation which was seen at Jerusalem, during the last Siege of this City, carried on by the Romans under Titus, the Ensigns of the Roman Army were meant, with the Images of their Gods and Emperors upon them, which were lodged in the Temple when that and the City were taken.