2 Nephi 20:33-34

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33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts shall lop the bough with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down; and the haughty shall be humbled.

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

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High Ones Hewn Down

Fulfillment of this prophecy can be seen in the subsequent conquest of Assyria by the Babylonians and the Medes, after which the proud Assyrians ceased to be a people.

Terry Ball, Thy People Shall Be My People and Thy God My God: The 22nd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium [salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1994], 23