Zechariah 11:2
Howl, fir-tree, for fallen is the cedar, because, the majestic ones, are spoiled: howl, ye oaks of Bashan, for the inaccessible forest, hath come down.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1Open, O Lebanon, thy doors,—that a fire, may devour, thy cedar,
Cross References
Isaiah 2:13And upon all cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up,—And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
Isaiah 32:15Until there be poured out upon us the spirit, from on high,—Then shall the wilderness become, garden-land, And the garden-land, for a forest, be reckoned;
Ezekiel 31:2Son of man Say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and unto his multitude,— Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Amos 6:1Alas for the careless in Zion, and for them who put confidence in the mountain of Samaria,—the distinguished among the first group of nations, to whom came in the house of Israel.
Luke 23:31Because if, in moist wood, these things, they are doing,—in, the dry, what shall happen?
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 →