⁹ to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

²¹ And regarding this house, now exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this house?’^(A)

⁵ The house that I am about to build will be great, for our God is greater than other gods.^(A)

⁸ This house will become a heap of ruins;^[a] everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this house?’^(A)