9 At that Je·hoʹash the king of Israel sent to Am·a·ziʹah the king of Judah, saying: “The thorny weed itself that was in Lebʹa·non sent to the cedar+ that was in Lebʹa·non, saying, ‘Do give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ However, a wild beast of the field that was in Lebʹa·non passed by and trampled the thorny weed down.+

13 and upon all the cedars of Lebʹa·non+ that are lofty and lifted up and upon all the massive trees of Baʹshan;+

3 Look! An As·syrʹi·an,* a cedar in Lebʹa·non,+ pretty in bough,+ with a woody thicket offering shadow, and high in stature,+ so that among the clouds* its treetop proved to be.+

9 “‘But as for me, I had annihilated the Amʹor·ite+ on account of them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was vigorous like the massive trees;+ and I went annihilating his fruitage above and his roots below.+

2 Howl, O juniper tree, for the cedar has fallen; because the majestic ones themselves have been despoiled!+ Howl, YOU massive trees of Baʹshan, for the impenetrable* forest has come down!+