^{6 Ref} For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, [and] the head of Lebanon; [yet] surely I will make you a wilderness, [and] cities which are not inhabited.

^{7 Ref} I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.