Zechariah 11:1 - Easy To Read Version Lebanon, open your gates so the fire\par will come and burn your cedar trees. {\cf2\super [27]} \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
King, you live high on the mountain\par in your house made from cedar wood.\par It is almost like you live in Lebanon\par where that wood came from.\par \{You think you are safe,\par high on the mountain in your big house.\}\par But you will really groan\par when your punishment comes.\par You will hurt like a woman\par giving birth to a baby.”\par
Assyria was a cedar tree in Lebanon\par With beautiful branches,\par With forest shade,\par And very tall.\par Its top was among the clouds!\par
You hurt many people in Lebanon. You stole many animals there. So you will be afraid because of the people that died and because of the bad things you did to that country. You will be afraid because of the things you did to those cities and to the people that lived in those cities.”
You have stolen things from many nations. So those people will take much from you. You have killed many people. You have destroyed lands and cities. You have killed all the people there.
Go up to the mountains to get the wood. And build the temple. {\cf2\super [3]} Then I will be pleased with the temple, and I will be honored.” The Lord said these things.
I will bring them back from Egypt and Assyria. I will bring them to the area of Gilead. And since there will not be enough room, I will also let them live in nearby Lebanon.” (
The cypress trees will cry\par because the cedar trees have fallen.\par Those powerful trees will be taken away.\par Oak trees in Bashan will cry\par for the forest that was cut down.\par
At that time, I will make the family leaders of Judah like a fire burning in a forest. They will destroy their enemies like fire burning straw. They will destroy the enemy all around them. And the people in Jerusalem will again be able to sit back and relax.”
My anger will burn like a fire, burning down to the deepest grave, [214] burning the earth and all it produces, burning deep down below the mountains!