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22 “So this is the Lord’s message against Sennacherib:

‘The virgin daughter Zion[a] does not think you are important.
    She makes fun of you.
Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head at you
    and laughs behind your back.
23 But who was it that you insulted and made fun of?
    Who was it that you spoke against?
You were speaking against the Holy One of Israel.
    You acted like you were great and he was nothing.
24 You sent your officers to insult the Lord.
    This is what you said:
“I took my many chariots up the high mountains
    deep inside Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars
    and its best fir trees.
I have been on its highest mountain
    and deep inside its forests.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:22 The virgin daughter Zion The city of Jerusalem, which is in danger of attack by the Assyrians. See “Zion” in the Word List.

22 this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:

“Virgin Daughter(A) Zion(B)
    despises and mocks you.
Daughter Jerusalem
    tosses her head(C) as you flee.
23 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(D)
    Against whom have you raised your voice(E)
and lifted your eyes in pride?(F)
    Against the Holy One(G) of Israel!
24 By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
    ‘With my many chariots(H)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights(I) of Lebanon.(J)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.(K)
I have reached its remotest heights,
    the finest of its forests.

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