or two different things, a sepulchre to be buried in when dead, and a palace to dwell in while living; and so the words may be rendered thus , "O he that heweth himself", &c.; "O he that graveth an habitation", &c.
; so the Syriac version, "O thou that hewest thy sepulchre on high", &c. T. Bab. Sanhedrin fol. 26. 2. "O caedens, &c. O statuens", &c.