Zechariah 11:2
Howl, O cypress, for the cedar falleth! For the lofty ones are destroyed! Howl, O ye oaks of Bashan, For the high forest is come down!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, That the fire may devour thy cedars!
Cross References
Isaiah 2:13Against all the cedars of Lebanon, the high and the exalted, And against all the oaks of Bashan;
Isaiah 32:15Until the spirit from on high be poured upon us, And the wilderness become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field be esteemed a forest.
Ezekiel 31:2Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Amos 6:1Woe to them that dwell at ease in Zion; That feel secure upon the mountain of Samaria; The honorable men of the chief of the nations, To whom the house of Israel resort!
Luke 23:31For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?
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 →