Thematic Bible: Cedars of
Thematic Bible
Lebanon » Cedars of
Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants
Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 'With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.
King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, "A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son as a wife.' Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.
The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'
for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan;
Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings.
The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, 'Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!'
They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.
The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
Related Topics
- Abundance
- Boards
- Brambles
- Burning Plants
- Cedar
- Cedar Wood
- Change And Growth
- Chariots
- Climbing
- Examples Of Confidence
- Fables
- False Confidence, Examples Of
- Felling Trees
- Fir Trees