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'1Through your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And you have said, "With my manychariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotestparts of Lebanon; And I cutdown its tallcedars and its choicecypresses. And I entered its farthestlodgingplace, its 2thickestforest.
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"This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: 'She has despised you and mocked you, The virgin daughter of Zion; She has shaken her head behind you, The daughter of Jerusalem!
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'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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'Through your messengers you have reproached the Lord , And you have said, "With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses. And I entered its farthest lodging place, its thickest forest.
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"I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt."
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'Have you not heard? Long ago I did it; From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.