10:34 The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax,
and mighty Lebanon will fall. 1
19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit 2 for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.
It stood out because of its height and its many branches. 3
1 tn The Hebrew text has, “and Lebanon, by/as [?] a mighty one, will fall.” The translation above takes the preposition בְּ (bet) prefixed to “mighty one” as indicating identity, “Lebanon, as a mighty one, will fall.” In this case “mighty one” describes Lebanon. (In Ezek 17:23 and Zech 11:2 the adjective is used of Lebanon’s cedars.) Another option is to take the preposition as indicating agency and interpret “mighty one” as a divine title (see Isa 33:21). One could then translate, “and Lebanon will fall by [the agency of] the Mighty One.”
2 tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.
3 tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”