³⁴ He will cut down^(A) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(B) will fall before the Mighty One.^(C)

⁸ Even the junipers^(A) and the cedars of Lebanon
    gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
    no one comes to cut us down.”^(B)

⁹ The land dries up^(A) and wastes away,
    Lebanon^(B) is ashamed and withers;^(C)
Sharon^(D) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan^(E) and Carmel^(F) drop their leaves.

³ Consider Assyria,^(A) once a cedar in Lebanon,^(B)
    with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
    its top above the thick foliage.^(C)