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)

⁹ “Yet I destroyed the Amorites^(A) before them,
    though they were tall^(B) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.^(C)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots^(D) below.

²⁴ By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
    ‘With my many chariots^(A)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights^(B) of Lebanon.^(C)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.^(D)
I have reached its remotest heights,
    the finest of its forests.
²⁵ I have dug wells in foreign lands^[a]
    and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
    I have dried up^(E) all the streams of Egypt.^(F)’

²⁶ “Have you not heard?
    Long ago I ordained^(G) it.
In days of old I planned^(H) it;
    now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
    into piles of stone.^(I)
27 Their people, drained of power,
    are dismayed and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
    like tender green shoots,
like grass^(J) sprouting on the roof,^(K)
    scorched^[b] before it grows up.

²⁸ “But I know where you are
    and when you come and go^(L)
    and how you rage^(M) against me.
²⁹ Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence^(N) has reached my ears,
I will put my hook^(O) in your nose^(P)
    and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
    by the way you came.^(Q)

“This year^(S) you will eat what grows by itself,
    and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year^(T) sow and reap,
    plant vineyards^(U) and eat their fruit.^(V)
31 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
    will take root^(W) below and bear fruit^(X) above.
³² For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,^(Y)
    and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.^(Z)
The zeal^(AA) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

“He will not enter this city^(AB)
    or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
    or build a siege ramp^(AC) against it.
³⁴ By the way that he came he will return;^(AD)
    he will not enter this city,”
declares the Lord.
³⁵ “I will defend^(AE) this city and save it,
    for my sake^(AF) and for the sake of David^(AG) my servant!”

¹⁶ Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(A) upon his sturdy warriors;^(B)
under his pomp^(C) a fire^(D) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷ The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(E)
    their Holy One^(F) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(G) and his briers.^(H)
18 The splendor of his forests^(I) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(J)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹ And the remaining trees of his forests^(K) will be so few^(L)
    that a child could write them down.

¹¹ The eyes of the arrogant^(A) will be humbled^(B)
    and human pride^(C) brought low;^(D)
the Lord alone will be exalted^(E) in that day.^(F)

¹² The Lord Almighty has a day^(G) in store
    for all the proud^(H) and lofty,^(I)
for all that is exalted^(J)
    (and they will be humbled),^(K)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,^(L) tall and lofty,^(M)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,^(N)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,^(O)
15 for every lofty tower^(P)
    and every fortified wall,^(Q)
16 for every trading ship^[a](R)
    and every stately vessel.
¹⁷ The arrogance of man will be brought low^(S)
    and human pride humbled;^(T)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,^(U)

¹¹ Unleash the fury of your wrath,^(A)
    look at all who are proud and bring them low,^(B)
12 look at all who are proud^(C) and humble them,^(D)
    crush^(E) the wicked where they stand.