And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
I will prepare destroyers - the Hebrew for "prepare" is literally, sanctify, or solemnly set apart for a particular work (cf. Isaiah 13:3, "I have prepared my sanctified ones:" not holy in themselves, but consecrated as my instruments.
They shall cut down thy choice cedars - (Isaiah 37:24). Thy palaces built of choice cedars (Song of Solomon 1:17).