⁹ An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.

²¹ And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’

⁵ “This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods.

⁸ And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled and will gasp in horror. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’