Zechariah 11:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Lebanon, open your gates! Let the fire come in to destroy your cedar trees.

Cross References

Jeremiah 22:23

Those who live in the palace panelled with cedar will groan with pain like women giving birth.

Ezekiel 31:3

There was once a cedar tree in Lebanon with large, strong branches reaching to the sky.

Habakkuk 2:17

You destroyed trees and animals on Mount Lebanon; you were ruthless to towns and people everywhere. Now you will be terrorized.

Habakkuk 2:8

You robbed cities and nations everywhere on earth and murdered their people. Now those who survived will be as cruel to you.

Haggai 1:8

But first, go to the hills and get wood for my temple, so I can take pride in it and be worshipped there.

Zechariah 10:10

I will bring them home from Egypt and Assyria, then let them settle as far as Gilead and Lebanon, until the land overflows with them.

Zechariah 11:2

Cry, you cypress trees! The glorious cedars have fallen and are rotting. Cry, you oak trees of Bashan! The dense forest has been chopped down.

Zechariah 12:6

At that time I will let the clans of Judah be like a ball of fire in a wood pile or a fiery torch in a hay stack. Then Judah will send the surrounding nations up in smoke. And once again the city of Jerusalem will be filled with people.

Deuteronomy 32:22

“My people, I will breathe out fire that sends you down to the world of the dead. It will scorch your farmlands and burn deep down under the mountains.