¹⁸ The splendor of his forests^(A) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(B)
    as when a sick person wastes away.

³³ See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(A) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(B)
    the tall^(C) ones will be brought low.^(D)
34 He will cut down^(E) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(F) will fall before the Mighty One.^(G)

²³ By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,^(A)
    “With my many chariots^(B)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights of Lebanon.
I have cut down^(C) its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.
I have reached its remotest parts,
    the finest of its forests.

¹⁴ I will punish you as your deeds^(A) deserve,
    declares the Lord.
I will kindle a fire^(B) in your forests^(C)
    that will consume everything around you.’”

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

²⁸ Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook^(A) in your nose
    and my bit^(B) in your mouth,
and I will make you return^(C)
    by the way you came.’