Thematic Bible: Cedars of


Thematic Bible



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. Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

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. Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

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.' Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth

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

Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings. Verse ConceptsFirewoodShortage Other Than Food


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

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

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

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The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsdewPlantsHoly Spirit, Types OfRosesChange And Growthfriendliness