12 So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His (A)work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will [a]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and (B)the pomp of [b]his haughtiness.”

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  1. Isaiah 10:12 Lit visit
  2. Isaiah 10:12 Lit haughtiness of his eyes

‘Behold, Assyria was a (A)cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And [a](B)very high,
And its top was among the [b]clouds.

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  1. Ezekiel 31:3 Lit high of stature
  2. Ezekiel 31:3 So Gr; M.T. thick boughs

11 therefore I will give it into the hand of a [a](A)despot of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its wickedness I have (B)driven it away. 12 (C)Alien (D)tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the (E)mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have (F)gone down from its shade and left it.

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  1. Ezekiel 31:11 Or mighty one

“And it will come about that all who see you
Will [a]shrink from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated!
(A)Who will grieve for her?’
Where will I seek comforters for you?”

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  1. Nahum 3:7 Lit flee

18 Your shepherds are (A)sleeping, O (B)king of Assyria;
Your (C)nobles are lying down.
Your people are (D)scattered on the mountains
And there is no one to regather them.
19 There is (E)no relief for your breakdown,
Your (F)wound is incurable.
All who hear [a]about you
Will (G)clap their hands over you,
For on whom has not your evil passed continually?

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  1. Nahum 3:19 Lit your report