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32 Today the enemy will camp at Nob[a] and shake a threatening fist at Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

33 But the Lord All-Powerful
    will use his fearsome might
to bring down the tallest trees
    and chop off every branch.
34 With an ax, the glorious Lord
will destroy every tree
    in the forests of Lebanon.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 10.32 Nob: Perhaps within three kilometers of Jerusalem.
  2. 10.34 Lebanon: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 34.

32 This day they will halt at Nob;(A)
    they will shake their fist(B)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(C)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

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

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