This temple will be destroyed. Every person who sees it will be amazed. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this terrible thing to this land and to this temple?’
This is what I will pay for your servants to cut down the trees for wood. I will give them 125,000 bushels {\cf2\super [17]} of wheat for food, 125,000 bushels of barley, 115,000 gallons {\cf2\super [18]} of wine, and 115,000 gallons of oil.”
Also send me wood from cedar trees, pine trees, and algum trees from the country of Lebanon. I know your servants are experienced at cutting down trees from Lebanon. My servants will help your servants.
Every person who passes by this temple that was so highly honored will be surprised. They will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this terrible thing to the land and to this temple?’