A warm apartment suited to the season of the year (December, when snow is often upon the ground in Palestine), in which was a pan or brazier (ach or ikhkh as it is pronounced in Arabic) of burning charcoal; for we learn from Bp. Pococke, and Dr. Russel, that this was the mode in which the Orientals warmed their apartments. "That saith,ª° I will buildª° me a wideª houseª and largeª° chambers,ª and cutteth him outª° windows;ª and [it is] cieledª° with cedar,ª and paintedª° with vermilion.ª ... He judgedª° the causeª of the poorª and needy;ª then¹ [it was] wellª [with him: was] not¹ this¹ to knowª me? saithª° the LORD.ª" {Jer 22:14-16} + "Surelyª [as] a wifeª treacherously²° departeth¹ from her husband,²¹¹ so¹ have ye dealt treacherouslyª° with me, O houseª of Israel,ª saithª° the LORD.ª" {Jer 3:20} + "And I will smiteª° the winterª houseª with¹ the summerª house;ª and the housesª of ivoryª shall perish,ª° and the greatª housesª shall have an end,ª° saithª° the LORD.ª" {Ams 3:15}