and thou hast anointed the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctified the altar, and the altar hath been most holy;

'Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.

and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?

Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?