Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Forests » Often destroyed by enemies
You have said:
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its farthest outpost,
its densest forest.
You have said, “With my many chariots
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its distant heights,
its densest forest.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.
Locusts » In av often translated "grasshopper," as in
For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to waste it.
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the Qedemites had settled down in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.
Locusts » Figurative
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.