1:11 They sweep by like the wind and pass on. 1
But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.” 2
“By my strong hand I have accomplished this,
by my strategy that I devised.
I invaded the territory of nations, 5
and looted their storehouses.
Like a mighty conqueror, 6 I brought down rulers. 7
10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,
as one gathers up abandoned eggs,
I gathered up the whole earth.
There was no wing flapping,
or open mouth chirping.” 8
10:15 Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it,
or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? 9
As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it,
or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
37:24 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 10
‘With my many chariots I climbed up
the high mountains,
the slopes of Lebanon.
I cut down its tall cedars
and its best evergreens.
I invaded its most remote regions, 11
its thickest woods.
28:3 Look, you are wiser than Daniel; 12
no secret is hidden from you. 13
“‘Look, I am against 14 you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster 15 lying in the midst of its waterways,
who has said, “My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.” 16