They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, ¹  and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

Then the angel of the Lord stood in a path ¹  among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side. ² 

Consider its defenses! ¹  Walk through ²  its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it! ³ 

The Lord says, ¹  “Army of Babylon, ²  go and attack a nation that lives in peace and security. They have no gates or walls to protect them. ³  They live all alone.

Men of Persia, Lud, ¹  and Put were in your army, men of war. They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor.

Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw ¹  chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.

There were hooks ¹  three inches ²  long, fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.

There was a row of masonry around each of the four courts, and places for boiling offerings were made under the rows all around.

The commander ¹  orders ²  his officers; they stumble ³  as they advance; ⁴  they rush to the city wall ⁵  and they set up ⁶  the covered siege tower. ⁷ 

Draw yourselves water for a siege! ¹  Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud ²  and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls! ³ 

All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen.

Above the foundation ¹  the best ²  stones, chiseled to the right size, ³  were used along with cedar.

They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash ¹  they come rolling in. ² 

As for the singers, as well as the pipers – all of them sing within your walls. ¹ 

when the Lord rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,

Our feet are ¹  standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

I said, ¹  “Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! ²  I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! ³  My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; ⁴  the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul! ⁵ 

You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!