Deuteronomy 20:20 Only the trees which you know that they be not trees for meat, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it be subdued. Torrey's Topical Textbook
Jeremiah 6:6 For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Hew you down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the middle of her. Torrey's Topical Textbook
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The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria ... had their hands, noses, or ears cut off, others ... intervening spurs of Lebanon and marched down to the ... of Hamath and masters of half Israel, were powerful enough ... /.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm
The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal ... the facade of a house or temple cut out of ... say which of the deities handed down by tradition it ... a very numerous body of landowners, who were particularly proud ... /.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm