Thematic Bible: Cedars of


Thematic Bible



Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed my servants will work with your servants,

Through your messengers you have reproached the Lord,
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses.
And I entered its farthest lodging place, its thickest forest.

Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled the thorn bush.

The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up,
Against all the oaks of Bashan,

Even Lebanon is not enough to burn,
Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.


“Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against 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.

The trees of the Lord drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces 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.