Zechariah 11:2
Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, ye oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1Open thy doors, O Libanus, and let the fire devour thy cedars.
Cross References
Isaiah 2:13and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan,
Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit shall come upon you from on high, and Chermel shall be desert, and Chermel shall be counted for a forest.
Ezekiel 31:2Son of man, say to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his multitude; To whom hast thou compared thyself in thy haughtiness?
Amos 6:1Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:2-4
Destruction of the Jewish State. ( b. c. 510.) 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. 3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. In dark and figurative expressions, as is usual in the scripture predictions of things at a great… Read the whole commentary →