A Midrash read the discussion of the house stricken with plague in as a prophecy. The Midrash read the words, "and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession," in to allude to the Temple, about which in God says, "I will defile My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your soul." The Midrash read the words, "then He whose house it is shall come," in to allude to God, about Whom says, "Because of My house that lies waste." The Midrash read the words, "and He shall tell the priest," in to allude to Jeremiah, who identified as a priest. The Midrash read the words, "there seems to me to be, as it were, a plague in the house," in to allude to the idol that King Manasseh set up in The Midrash read the words, "and the priest shall command that they empty the house," in to allude to King Shishak of Egypt, who reports, "took away the treasures of the house of the Lord." The Midrash read the words, "and he shall break down the house," in to allude to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who reports destroyed the Temple. The Midrash read the words, "and they shall pour out the dust that they have scraped off outside the city," in to allude to the Israelites taken away to the Babylonian Captivity, whom reports Nebuchadnezzar "carried ... away into Babylon." And the Midrash read the words, "and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones," in to allude to the Israelites who would come to restore Israel, and of whom reports God saying, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; he that believes shall not make haste."