isifundo sethu sokuqala esithathwe kujeremiya umprofethe (33: 14--16) siyezwa ngendaba yesizwe esonakeleyo. kubukeka sengathi umlando uyaziphinda lapha. ujeremiya umprofethe umemezela kumajuda ukuthi: “bheka, ziyeza izinsuku, kusho inkosi, lapho ngiyakugcwalisa isethembiso, engasenza kwabendlu ka--israel nakwabendlu kajuda” (33:11). Ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kuhluke kanjani kulokhu kwesaba uBhelishazari akuzwa lapho ebona umbhalo odongeni. (Dan. 5:6, 7; IHu. 19:9; Roma 8:35-39) other monuments appeared in the area during this period, including silbury hill which -- at 130 ft in height, 500 ft in diameter, and covering an area of 5 acres -- is the biggest man--made mound in europe. built about 2660 bce, a century before avebury henge, it contains no graves or shrines, but nevertheless exemplifies the cultural and architectural ambitions of neolithic man. other important monuments include the massive circular earthwork built some 2 miles away by the river avon at durrington walls, and the megalithic monument at avebury. the latter, erected between 2500 and 2200 bce, not long after the arrival of the sarsens at stonehenge, occupies about 30 acres and is the largest stone circle in europe. it consists of some 100 megaliths, ringed by a 20 foot high ring mound. woodhenge, located about a mile north--east of stonehenge, was another henge enclosure. about the same size as stonehenge, it contained several concentric circles of timber uprights.