¹⁰ “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud^(A) of its height, ¹¹ I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,^{(B) 12} and the most ruthless of foreign nations^(C) cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys;^(D) its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.^{(E) 13} All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches.^{(F) 14} Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined^(G) for death,^(H) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.^(I)

¹⁵ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.^{(J) 16} I made the nations tremble^(K) at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees^(L) of Eden,^(M) the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled^(N) in the earth below.^{(O) 17} They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword,^(P) along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.