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21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken against him:

‘She has despised you and mocked you,
(A)The virgin daughter of Zion;
She (B)has shaken her head behind you,
The daughter of Jerusalem!
22 Whom have you [a](C)reproached and (D)blasphemed?
And against whom have you heightened your voice,
And [b]haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the (E)Holy One of Israel!
23 (F)Through your messengers you have [c]reproached the Lord,
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I [d]cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses.
And I [e]entered its farthest lodging place, its (G)thickest forest.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:22 Or defied, cf. 1 Sam 17:26
  2. 2 Kings 19:22 Lit on high
  3. 2 Kings 19:23 Or defied, cf. 1 Sam 17:26
  4. 2 Kings 19:23 As in some ancient versions; M.T. will cut...will enter
  5. 2 Kings 19:23 As in some ancient versions; M.T. will cut...will enter

21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken against(A) him:

“‘Virgin Daughter(B) Zion
    despises(C) you and mocks(D) you.
Daughter Jerusalem
    tosses her head(E) as you flee.
22 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(F)
    Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
    Against the Holy One(G) of Israel!
23 By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,(H)
    “With my many chariots(I)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights of Lebanon.
I have cut down(J) its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.
I have reached its remotest parts,
    the finest of its forests.

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