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For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Timber. Hebrew “caphis (Septuagint the insect κανθαρος) from the wood shall answer.” Bible.—The signification of the Hebrew term is unknown. It was customary to place beams of wood after some courses of stone, to strengthen the building. 3 Kennicott. 6:36. Calmet.—The crimes were so crying, that if men were silent the very stones would publish them. Menochius.
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