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11 I handed it over to a ruler of nations
    to deal with it according to its evil.
I have cast it off,
12     and foreigners have cut it down,
The most ruthless nations,
    have hurled it on the mountains.
Its boughs fell into every valley
    and its branches lay broken
    in every ravine in the land.
All the peoples of the earth
    departed from its shade
    when it was hurled down.(A)

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11 I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,(A) 12 and the most ruthless of foreign nations(B) cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys;(C) its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.(D)

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