Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.


I know how skillful your lumbermen are, so send me cedar, cypress, and juniper logs from Lebanon. I am ready to send my men to assist yours.

You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests.

Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying: 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.' A beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.

The thorn bush answered: 'If you really want to make me your king, then come and take shelter in my shade. If you do not, fire will blaze out of my thorny branches and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.'

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,

Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.


Even the cypress trees rejoice over you. The cedars of Lebanon say: 'Since you have fallen, no lumberjack has come to attack us.'

They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.


Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying: 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.' A beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,

He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars.

Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon.


Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,