3  Behold, ^xAssyria was a ^ycedar in ^zLebanon,

with beautiful branches and ^aforest shade,

^band of towering height,

its top among the clouds.¹

9  “Yet ^xit was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,

^ywhose height was like the height of the cedars

and who was as strong as the oaks;

^zI destroyed his fruit above

and his roots beneath.