Moreover, I will also tell you concerning the temple, how the wretched [Jews], wandering in error, trusted not in God Himself, but in the temple, as being the house of God. For almost after the manner of the Gentiles they worshipped Him in the temple .9 But learn how the Lord speaks, when abolishing it : " Who hath meted out heaven with a span, and the earth with his palm ? Have not I ? " '° " Thus saith the Lord, Heaven is My throne, and the earth My foot- stool : what kind of house will ye build to Me, or what is the place of My rest?" " Ye per- ceive that their hope is vain. Moreover, He again says, " Behold, they who have cast down this temple, even they shall build it up again." '^ It has so happened. '3 For through their going to war, it was destroyed by their enemies ; and now they, as the servants of their enemies, shall re- build it. Again, it was revealed that the city and the temple and the people of Israel were to be given up. For the Scripture saith, " And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the Lord