Thematic Bible: Cedars
Thematic Bible
Cedars » Illustrative of » Majesty, strength, and glory of Christ
His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set it, From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted it on a mountain high and lofty. In a mountain -- the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.
Cedars » Described as » High
And I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height is as the height of cedars, And strong he is as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.
By the hand of thy servants Thou hast reviled the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of hills, The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the high place of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set it, From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted it on a mountain high and lofty.
Cedars » Used in » Purifying the leper
'And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop; and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water; and he hath taken the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and hath dipped them in the blood of the slaughtered bird, and in the running water, and hath sprinkled upon the house seven times. read more.
'And he hath cleansed the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
'And he hath cleansed the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
and the priest hath commanded, and he hath taken for him who is to be cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 'And the priest hath commanded, and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water; as to the living bird, he taketh it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and hath dipped them and the living bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird, over the running water, read more.
and he hath sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and hath pronounced him clean, and hath sent out the living bird on the face of the field.
and he hath sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and hath pronounced him clean, and hath sent out the living bird on the face of the field.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Arrogant rulers
And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,
Lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty are become low, And He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!
Cedars » Used in » Building palaces
And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,
And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits is its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars; and it is covered with cedar above, on the sides that are on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row.
Cedars » Used in » Building temples
and lo, I am saying to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son whom I appoint in thy stead on thy throne, he doth build the house for My name.
And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house with beams and rows of cedars. And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits is its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.
Cedars » Described as » Graceful and beautiful
In a mountain -- the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.
Cedars » Planted by God
I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together.
Cedars » Lebanon celebrated for
And the bramble saith unto the trees, If in truth ye are anointing me for king over you, come, take refuge in my shadow; and if not -- fire cometh out from the bramble, and devoureth the cedars of Lebanon.
The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Powerful nations
And I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height is as the height of cedars, And strong he is as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.
Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.
Cedars » Described as » Fragrant
Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk are under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments Is as the fragrance of Lebanon.
Cedars » Used in » Making chariots
A palanquin king Solomon made for himself, Of the wood of Lebanon,
Cedars » Extensive commerce in
And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire, and Solomon hath given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus doth Solomon give to Hiram year by year.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Instrumental in propagating
The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it. And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Making its nest in
O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman.
Cedars » Described as » Spreading
Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God. It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.
Cedars » Used in » Making wardrobes
They are thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,
Cedars » Imported largely by solomon
And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that are in the low country, for abundance.
Cedars » Destruction of, a punishment
And I have separated for thee destroyers, Each with his weapons, And they have cut down the choice of thy cedars, And have cast them on the fire.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Perching on the high branches of
and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,
Cedars » Illustrative of » Beauty and glory of israel
As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;
Cedars » Used in » Preparing the water of separation
and the priest hath taken cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and hath cast unto the midst of the burning of the cow;
Cedars » Used in » Making masts of ships
Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee,
Cedars » Used in » Making idols
Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth it for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish it.
Cedars » Banks of rivers favorable to the growth of
As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;
Cedars » Considered the first of trees
and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,
Cedars » Illustrative of » Saints in their rapid growth
The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
Cedars » Described as » Strong and durable
'Bricks have fallen, and hewn work we build, Sycamores have been cut down, and cedars we renew.'
Cedars » Made to glorify God
The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,
Cedars » Destruction of, exhibits God's power
The voice of Jehovah is shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon.
Lebanon » Celebrated for » Cedars
The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
Even firs have rejoiced over thee, Cedars of Lebanon -- saying: Since thou hast lain down, The hewer cometh not up against us.
The voice of Jehovah is shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon.
Trees » Varieties » Cedars
And Jehoash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 'The thorn that is in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that is in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.
And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,
and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,
The voice of Jehovah is shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon.