“‘By the strength of my hand^(A) I have done this,^(B)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(C)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[a] their kings.^(D)

²⁴ By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
    ‘With my many chariots^(A)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights^(B) of Lebanon.^(C)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.^(D)
I have reached its remotest heights,
    the finest of its forests.