who says, ‘I am going to build myself a wide house with spacious rooms, and cut out windows for it, panelling it with cedar and painting it in red.’
that the sovereign said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of Elohim dwells within curtains.”
And the great house he panelled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it.
He who loves transgression loves strife, He who exalts his door seeks destruction.
Prepare your outside work, And make it fit for yourself in the field; Then you shall build your house.
The beams of our houses are cedar, our rafters are of fir.
And the people shall know, all of them, Ephrayim and the inhabitant of Shomeron, who say in pride and greatness of heart:
“But she increased her whorings, and she looked at men carved on the wall, images of Chaldeans portrayed in red,
The sovereign spoke and said, “Is not this great Baḇ
The Master יהוה has sworn by Himself, יהוה Elohim of hosts declares, “I am loathing the pride of Yaʽ
“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your panelled houses, and this House be in ruins?”
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