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fir trees. Compare Isa_37:24; Isa_41:19; Isa_55:13; Isa_60:13.
the cedars of Lebanon, Baying, &c. It refers to Nebuchadnezzar's and Esar-haddon's cutting down, as recorded in their Inscriptions, p. 58 (published by Oppert, Paris, 1865). They tell how they "brought the greatest trees from the summits of Lebanon to Babylon". Nebuchadnezzar moreover boasts that he will do it in his message to Hezekiah (Isa_37:28. See App-67.).
laid down = laid low.