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)

² Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
    the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks^(A) of Bashan;
    the dense forest^(B) has been cut down!^(C)

¹² You will go out in joy^(A)
    and be led forth in peace;^(B)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song^(C) before you,
and all the trees^(D) of the field
    will clap their hands.^(E)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers^(F) the myrtle^(G) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,^(H)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”