What is the significance of "Hirchaktim ba'Goyim"?
Radak: Even though I distanced them, I did not abandon them.
Malbim: You say that they were distanced from Hashem. I answer, even so I am close to them.
What is "[va'Ehi Lahem] Mikdash Me'at"?
Megilah 29a #1: It is Batei Kenesiyos and Batei Midrashos in Bavel.
Megilah 29a #2: It refers to Beis Rabbeinu (Rav's house) in Bavel.
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: It is Batei Kenesiyos, which are second to the Beis ha'Mikdash. Radak - they distanced from the big Mikdash, Mikdash Hashem, in His land ? I will be for them a small Mikdash in the Batei Kenesiyos in which they gather to pray to Me. I will be with them and hear their voice, and save them from their enemies; they will not eradicate them. Also, "v'Kibatzti Eschem" (17).
Malbim: I will make My Shechinah dwell among them also there (in Galus). Even though it will not be revealed, with wonders like in the great Mikdash, it will dwell covertly, with hidden Hashgachah.
What is the grammatical form of "Mikdash Me'at"?
Radak #1: In accurate texts there is a Patach under the Dalet, for Mikdash is Samuch to Me'at. Me'at is not an adjective, rather, a noun.
Radak #2: In some texts there is a Kamatz under the Dalet (Mikdash is not Samuch). Me'at is an adjective.
