Zechariah 11:1
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, and let the fire devour thy cedars.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath, 1 It shall burn to hell below; 1 It shall devour the land, and the fruits of it; 1 It shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 1
Jeremiah 22:7and I will bring upon thee a destroying man, and his axe: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Ezekiel 31:3Behold, the Assyrian was a cypress in Lebanon, and was fair in shoots, and high in stature: his top reached to the midst of the clouds.
Habakkuk 2:17For the ungodliness of Lebanon shall cover thee, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.
Zechariah 10:10And I will bring them again from the land of Egypt, and I will gather them in from among the Assyrians; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and to Lebanon; and there shall not even one of them be left behind.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:1
God's prophet, who, in the chapters before, was an ambassador sent to promise peace, is here a herald sent to declare war. The Jewish nation shall recover its prosperity, and shall flourish for some time and become considerable; it shall be very happy, at length, in the coming of the long-expected Messiah, in the preaching of his gospel, and in the setting up of his standard there. But, when thereby the chosen remnant among them are effectually called in and united to Christ, the body of the nation, persisting in… Read the whole commentary →