You have heard how we Assyrian kings have completely wiped out other nations. What makes you feel so safe?
Did he capture every city and make earth a desert? Is he the one who refused to let prisoners go home?”
Don't trust him when he tells you that the LORD will protect you from the king of Assyria.
But this tree towered over those other trees, and its branches grew long and thick.
You're fatally wounded. There's no hope for you. But everyone claps when they hear this news, because your constant cruelty has caused them pain.