22:7 I will send men against it to destroy it 1
with their axes and hatchets.
They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns
and throw them into the fire.
1 sn Heb “I will sanctify destroyers against it.” If this is not an attenuated use of the term “sanctify” the traditions of Israel’s holy wars are being turned against her. See also 6:4. In Israel’s early wars in the wilderness and in the conquest, the