For thus says the LORD concerning the house of the king of Judah: " 'You are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, yet surely I will make you a desert, an uninhabited city.[1]
The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock,[2] who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the LORD.
"Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the LORD; you who say, 'Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter our habitations?'
A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons because they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the LORD their God.
say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.