(Devarim, Ibid.) "and between his (Benjamin's) shoulders does it (the Temple) rest": whether in ruins or not in ruins. And thus is it written (Ezra 1:2-3) "Thus said Koresh, king of Paras … He is the G-d which (i.e., whose Temple) is in Jerusalem."
Variantly: "and between his shoulders does it rest": Just as with an ox, there is nothing higher than its shoulders, so, the Temple is higher than the rest of the world, viz. (Devarim 17:8) "then you shall arise and go up to the place," and (Isaiah 2:3) "Come and let us go up to the mountain of the L-rd." It is not written "Gad from the east and Dan from the west, but (Ibid. 4) "many peoples" (i.e., all go up.) Rebbi says: Of all the boundaries it is written "and the border curved," "and the border descended," but here it is written (Ibid. 15:8) "And the border ascended by the valley of Ben Hinnom to the southern shoulder of the Yevussi, which is Jerusalem."