I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end," says the LORD.

"When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?' And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush. Indeed we must not mention the name of the LORD.'

"For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.