Furthermore it was by the command of the <sc>Lordsc> that I marched up against this land to destroy it. The <sc>Lordsc> told me, &#8216;March up against this land and destroy it!&#8217;&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;With my many chariots I climbed upp> <p class="poetry">the high mountains,p> <p class="poetry">the slopes of Lebanon.p> <p class="poetry">I cut down its tall cedarsp> <p class="poetry">and its best evergreens.p> <p class="poetry">I invaded its most remote regions,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">its thickest woods.p>