(A)(B)The cypresses rejoice at you,
    (C)the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low,
    no woodcutter comes up against us.’

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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)

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23 O inhabitant of (A)Lebanon,
    nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
    (B)pain as of a woman in labor!”

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23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[a](A)
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain(B) like that of a woman in labor!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)