Thematic Bible: Cedars of


Thematic Bible



Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots have I come up To the height of the mountain, to the recesses of Lebanon, And I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; And I will enter into its furthest lodging-place, into the forest of its fruitful field.

And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.

And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'

and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.


Even the cypresses rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,

The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.