“By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.”
Isaiah establishes that the Assyrian king has claimed to have ascended the heights of the mountains and the remote parts of Lebanon, to have cut down tall cedars and choice cypress trees, and to have reached the remotest heights. The enumeration of the king's accomplishments emphasizes his pride and his claims of supreme power. The oracle establishes the Assyrian king's characteristic pride and self-exaltation.
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