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And after three thousand years Solomon built the city, and offered offerings; then it was that the barren woman bore a son.
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And as for her telling you that she brought him up with much care, that was the period of residence in Jerusalem.
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And as for her saying to you, "My son died as he entered his wedding chamber,' and that misfortune had overtaken her, this was the destruction that befell Jerusalem.
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So you saw her likeness, how she mourned for her son, and you began to console her for what had happened.
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For now the Most High, seeing that you are sincerely grieved and profoundly distressed for her, has shown you the brilliance of her glory, and the loveliness of her beauty.
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Therefore I told you to remain in the field where no house had been built,
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for I knew that the Most High would reveal these things to you.
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Therefore I told you to go into the field where there was no foundation of any building,
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because no work of human construction could endure in a place where the city of the Most High was to be revealed.
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"Therefore do not be afraid, and do not let your heart be terrified; but go in and see the splendor or the vastness of the building, as far as it is possible for your eyes to see it,
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and afterward you will hear as much as your ears can hear.