Mortals

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”