21. the Lord had said, “The city of Jerusalem laughs at you, Sennacherib, and despises you.
22. Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel.
23. You sent your messengers to boast to me that with all your chariots you had conquered the highest mountains of Lebanon. You boasted that there you cut down the tallest cedars and the finest cypress trees and that you reached the deepest parts of the forests.