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behold

"listen" or "pay attention to what I am about to tell you"

I blew it away

"I made sure there was nothing there for you to find"

declares Yahweh of hosts

"this is what I, Yahweh, have declared". Yahweh speaks of himself to express the certainty of what he is declaring.

runs to his own house

"is always working to build his own house." This emphasizes that the people consider building their own houses the most important thing they can do.