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

‘She, (A)the virgin daughter of Zion, has shown contempt for you and mocked you;
She, the daughter of Jerusalem, (B)has shaken her head behind you!
22 Whom have you (C)taunted and (D)blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice,
And [a]haughtily raised your eyes?
Against the (E)Holy One of Israel!
23 (F)Through your messengers you have taunted the Lord,
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I went up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I cut down its tall cedars and its choicest junipers.
And I entered its farthest resting place, its (G)thickest forest.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:22 Lit on high

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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