They said,“ We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone, and replant the felled sycamore fig trees with cedars.”

“砖墙塌了，我们却要凿石头建筑；桑树砍了，我们却要换香柏树。”

“砖块掉落了，我们要凿石头重建；桑树砍了，我们要改种香柏树。”

“砖块掉落了，我们要凿石头重建；桑树砍了，我们要改种香柏树。”

“砖墙倒塌了，我们可以凿石重建；桑树砍倒了，我们可以再种香柏树。”

“砖墙倒塌了，我们就用凿好的石头来建筑；桑树砍倒了，我们就用香柏树替换。”

“砖头坠落了，我们就用凿好的石头重建；桑树砍倒了，我们就用香柏树更换！”

磚牆塌了，我們卻要鑿石頭建築；桑樹砍了，我們卻要換香柏樹。

「磚塊掉落了，我們要鑿石頭重建；桑樹砍了，我們要改種香柏樹。」

「磚塊掉落了，我們要鑿石頭重建；桑樹砍了，我們要改種香柏樹。」

「磚牆倒塌了，我們可以鑿石重建；桑樹砍倒了，我們可以再種香柏樹。」

“磚牆倒塌了，我們就用鑿好的石頭來建築；桑樹砍倒了，我們就用香柏樹替換。”

『磚牆塌了，我們卻要鑿石頭來建築；桑樹砍了，我們卻要換上香柏樹。』

「磚頭墜落了，我們就用鑿好的石頭重建；桑樹砍倒了，我們就用香柏樹更換！」

甎既圮、我以鑿石建之、桑既伐、我以香柏易之、

瓦傾圮、我以石建、桑斬伐、吾用柏香木、

甎墻傾圮、我以石建、野無花果樹斬伐、我代以柏香木、

“ The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

“ The brick buildings have fallen down. But we will rebuild them with blocks of stone. The fig trees have been chopped down. But we’ll plant cedar trees in place of them.”

“ The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”

“ The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”

“ The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with smooth stones; The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace them with cedars.”

“ The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, But we will replace them with cedars.”

The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

“ The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change[ them into] cedars.

“ The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”

“ The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”

Esau’s descendants in Edom may say,“ We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.” But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies replies,“ They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as‘ The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people will be called‘ The People with Whom the Lord Is Forever Angry.’

From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides.Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long.The blocks of high quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used.The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone, just like the walls of the inner courtyard of the Lord’s Temple with its entry room.

The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.