"I will also smitethe winterhousetogetherwith the summerhouse;The housesof ivorywill also perishAnd the greathouseswill cometo an end,"Declaresthe LORD.
Now the restof the actsof Ahaband allthat he didand the ivoryhousewhichhe builtand allthe citieswhichhe built,are they not writtenin the Bookof the Chroniclesof the Kingsof Israel?
AllYour garmentsare [fragrant with] myrrhand aloes[and] cassia;Out of ivorypalacesstringedinstrumentshave madeYou glad.
In my earsthe LORDof hosts[has sworn], "Surely,manyhousesshall becomedesolate,[Even] greatand fineones,withoutoccupants.
Now the kingwas sittingin the winterhousein the ninthmonth,with [a fire] burningin the brazierbeforehim.
"So I will sendfireupon JudahAnd it will consumethe citadelsof Jerusalem."
Therefore,thussaysthe LordGOD,"An enemy,even onesurroundingthe land,Will pulldownyour strengthfrom you And your citadelswill be looted."
Thereforebecauseyou imposeheavyrenton the poorAnd exacta tributeof grainfrom them, [Though] you have builthousesof well-hewnstone,Yet you will not livein them; You have plantedpleasantvineyards,yet you will not drinktheir wine.
For behold,the LORDis going to commandthat the greathousebe smashedto piecesand the smallhouseto fragments.
ThoughEdomsays,"We have been beatendown,but we will returnand buildup the ruins";thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"They may build,but I will teardown;and [men] will callthem the wickedterritory,and the peopletoward whomthe LORDis indignantforever."
Ehudcameto him while he was sittingalonein his coolroofchamber.And Ehudsaid,"I have a messagefrom Godfor you." And he arosefrom his seat.
