Thematic Bible: Cedars
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Majesty, strength, and glory of Christ
His legs are as the pillars of Marble, set upon sockets of gold; His face is as Lebanon, and as the beauty of the Cedar trees.
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"'Thus sayeth the LORD God: I will also take a branch from a high Cedar tree, and will set it, and take the uppermost twig, that yet is but tender, and plant it upon a high hill: Namely, upon the high hill of Zion will I plant it: that it may bring forth twigs, and give fruit, and be a great Cedar tree: so that all manner of fowls may bide in it, and make their nests under the shadow of his branches.
Cedars » Described as » High
"'Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, that was as high as the Cedar trees, and as strong as the oaks: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruit from above and his root from under.
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Thou with thy servants hast blasphemed the LORD and thus holdest thou of thyself, I cover the high mountains, and sides of Lebanon with my horsemen. And there will I cut down the high Cedar trees and the fairest Fir trees. I will up into the height of it, and into the chiefest of his timber woods.
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"'Thus sayeth the LORD God: I will also take a branch from a high Cedar tree, and will set it, and take the uppermost twig, that yet is but tender, and plant it upon a high hill:
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Cedars » Used in » Purifying the leper
And let him take to cleanse the house withal: two birds, cypress wood, and purple cloth and hyssop. And let him kill one of the birds over an earthen vessel of running water: and take the cypress wood, the hyssop, the purple and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle upon the house seven times, read more.
and cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cypress wood, and the hyssop, and the purple cloth.
and cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cypress wood, and the hyssop, and the purple cloth.
then shall the priest command that there be brought for him that shall be cleansed two living birds that are clean, and cypress wood, and a piece of purple cloth and hyssop. And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed over an earthen vessel of running water. And the priest shall take the living bird and the cypress wood and the purple and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, read more.
and sprinkle it upon him that must be cleansed of his leprosy seven times and cleanse him, and shall let the living bird go free into the fields.
and sprinkle it upon him that must be cleansed of his leprosy seven times and cleanse him, and shall let the living bird go free into the fields.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Arrogant rulers
upon all high and stout Cedar trees of Lebanon, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
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But see, the Lord God of Hosts shall take away the proud from thence, with fear. He shall hew down the proud, and fell the high minded. The thorns of the wood shall be rooted out with iron, and Lebanon shall have a mighty fall.
Cedars » Used in » Building palaces
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and masons, to build David a house.
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And he built the house of the wood of Lebanon, a hundred cubits long and fifty broad, and thirty high, four square with rows of Cedar pillars and Cedar beams along upon the pillars. And the roof was Cedar above on high upon the beams that lay a high on the pillars, which pillars were forty and five in number, fifteen on a row,
Cedars » Used in » Building temples
And therefore I am disposed to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God, as he promised David my father, saying, 'Thy son which I will put upon thy seat for thee, he shall build a house unto my name.'
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And so he built the house and finished it, and roofed it with beams of Cedar timber made hollow and joined together. And then he built chambers over all the temple of five cubits height, and coupled the house together with beams of Cedar.
Cedars » Described as » Graceful and beautiful
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
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Namely, upon the high hill of Zion will I plant it: that it may bring forth twigs, and give fruit, and be a great Cedar tree: so that all manner of fowls may bide in it, and make their nests under the shadow of his branches.
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Cedars » Planted by God
The trees of the LORD also are full of sap, even the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted,
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I plant in the waste ground trees of Cedar, Box, Mire and Olives. And in the dry I set Fir trees, Elms, and Hawthorns together.
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Cedars » Lebanon celebrated for
And the furze bush said unto the trees, "If it will be true that ye will anoint me king over you, then come and rest under my shadow, and ye shall see that a fire shall come out of the furze-bush and waste the cypress trees of Lebanon!'
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The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Powerful nations
"'Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, that was as high as the Cedar trees, and as strong as the oaks: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruit from above and his root from under.
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Behold, Assyria was like a Cedar tree upon the mount of Lebanon, with fair branches: so thick, that he gave shadows, and shot out very high. His top reached into the clouds.
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Cedars » Described as » Fragrant
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; yea, milk and honey is under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of frankincense.
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Cedars » Used in » Making chariots
King Solomon hath made himself a bedstead of the wood of Lebanon:
Cedars » Extensive commerce in
And so Hiram gave Solomon Cedar trees and fir trees, as much as he desired. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand quarters of wheat to feed his household withal, and twenty butts of pure oil. And so much gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Instrumental in propagating
and brake off the top of his twig, and carried it into the land of Canaan, and set it in a city of merchants. He took also a branch of the land, and planted it in a fruitful ground, he brought it unto great waters, and set it as a willow tree thereby.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Making its nest in
thou that dwellest upon Lebanon, and makest thy nest in the Cedar's trees. O how great shall thy mourning be, when thy sorrows come upon thee, as a woman travailing with child?
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Cedars » Described as » Spreading
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees. She stretched out her branches unto the sea, and her boughs unto the river.
Cedars » Used in » Making wardrobes
and occupied with thee: In costly raiment of yellow silk and needle work - very precious, and therefore packed and bound together with ropes - Yea and in Cedar wood, at the time of thy markets.
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Cedars » Imported largely by solomon
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar as plenteous as mulberry trees that grow in the valleys.
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Cedars » Destruction of, a punishment
I will prepare a destroyer with his weapons for thee, to hew down thy special Cedar trees, and to cast them in the fire.
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Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Perching on the high branches of
and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: There came a great Eagle with great wings; yea, with mighty long wings, full of feathers of divers colours; upon the mount of Lebanon, and took a branch from a Cedar tree,
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Beauty and glory of israel
even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress trees upon the water.
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Cedars » Used in » Preparing the water of separation
And let the priest take cypress wood, and Hyssop and purple cloth, and cast it upon the cow as she burneth.
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Cedars » Used in » Making masts of ships
All thy tables have they made of Cypress trees of the mount Senir. From Lebanon have they taken Cedar trees, to make the masts:
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Cedars » Used in » Making idols
Moreover, he goeth out to hew down Cedar trees: He bringeth home Elms and Oaks, and other timber of the wood. Or else the Fir trees which he planted himself, and such as the rain hath swelled,
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Cedars » Banks of rivers favorable to the growth of
even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress trees upon the water.
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Cedars » Considered the first of trees
And he disputed of trees, even from the Cedar tree that groweth in Lebanon unto the Hyssop that springeth out of the wall. And he disputed of beasts, fowls, worms, and fishes.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Saints in their rapid growth
The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Cedars » Described as » Strong and durable
"The tile work is fallen down, but we will build it with squared stones. The Mulberry timber is broken, but we shall set it up again with Cedar."
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Cedars » Made to glorify God
mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars;
Cedars » Destruction of, exhibits God's power
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedar trees; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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Lebanon » Celebrated for » Cedars
The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Yea even the fir trees and Cedars of Lebanon rejoice at thy fall, saying, 'Now that thou art laid down, there come no more up to destroy us.'
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The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedar trees; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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Trees » Varieties » Cedars
But Joash king of Israel sent again to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "A thistle in Lebanon sent to a cypress tree in Lebanon, saying, 'Give thy daughter to my son to wife.' But the wild beasts in Lebanon went and trod down the thistle.
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upon all high and stout Cedar trees of Lebanon, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
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And he disputed of trees, even from the Cedar tree that groweth in Lebanon unto the Hyssop that springeth out of the wall. And he disputed of beasts, fowls, worms, and fishes.
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The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
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The trees of the LORD also are full of sap, even the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted,
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The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedar trees; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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