“You who dwell in Leḇanon, being nested in the cedars, how you shall groan when pangs come upon you, like the pains of a woman giving birth!
Zechariah 11:1 - The Scriptures 2009 Open your doors, O Leḇanon, and let fire devour your cedars. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition OPEN YOUR doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars! American Standard Version (1901) Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Common English Bible Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will devour your cedars. Catholic Public Domain Version Open your gates, Lebanon, and let fire consume your cedars. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Open thy gates, O Libanus, and let fire devour thy cedars. |
“You who dwell in Leḇanon, being nested in the cedars, how you shall groan when pangs come upon you, like the pains of a woman giving birth!
See, Ashshur was a cedar in Leḇanon, beautiful branches and forest shade, and of high stature. And its top was among the thick foliage.
“For the violence done to Leḇanon is to overwhelm you – and the ravaging of beasts by which you made them afraid – because of men’s blood and the violence to the land, to the city and of all who dwell in it.
“Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you, because of men’s blood, and doing violence to the land, to the city, and to all who dwell in it.
Go up to the mountain, and you shall bring wood and build the House. And I will be pleased with it, and let Me be esteemed,” said יהוה.
“And I shall bring them back from the land of Mitsrayim, and gather them from Ashshur, and bring them into the land of Gil‛aḏ and Leḇanon, until no more room is found for them.
Howl, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the mighty are ravaged. Howl, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has come down.
“In that day I make the leaders of Yehuḏah like a fire pot among trees, and like a torch of fire in the sheaves. And they shall consume all the peoples all around, on the right and on the left. And Yerushalayim shall dwell again in her own place, in Yerushalayim.
For a fire was kindled in My wrath And burns to the bottom of She’ol, And consumes the earth and its increase, And sets on fire the foundations of mountains.