And the beam out of the timbers shall answer it.
Herewith the image of a building rises before the prophet as before the reader. A thought flashes through the prophet’s mind, and he proceeds,
(beginning of strophe)
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood
And stablisheth a city by iniquity.
And as an example of the inclusion we may quote Jeremiah xlvi. 20-24:
(beginning of strophe)
Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
(end of strophe)