Juniper

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• A tree1 Kings 19:41 Kings 19:5Job 30:4Psalms 120:4

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Kings 19:4

   while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 19:42 voices

   “A day’s journey into the wilderness - Probably in his way to Mount Horeb. See 1Ki 19:8. Juniper tree - A tree that afforded him a shade from the scorching sun. It is enough - I have lived long enough! I can do no more good among this people; let me now end my days.

   “In the solitude of Sinai, God appeared to instruct him. "What doest thou here, Elijah?" was a searching question addressed to one who had been called to so arduous and urgent a mission as his.

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2. 1 Kings 19:5

   Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 19:52 voices

   “And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree,.... Being weary and fatigued with his journey, the same under which he sat; for there was but one, as that is said to be in the preceding verse: behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, arise, and eat; so far was the Lord from granting his request to take away his life, that he made provision to preserve it; so careful was he of him, as to give an angel charge to get food ready for him, and then awake him to eat of it.

   “In the solitude of Sinai, God appeared to instruct him. "What doest thou here, Elijah?" was a searching question addressed to one who had been called to so arduous and urgent a mission as his.

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3. Job 30:4

   They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

   ›Commentary on Job 30:42 voices

   “He explains, consequently, what they gnaw when he continues, "and they ate grass," wild and raw, "and the bark of trees and the root of the junipers was their food." Here he shows how crude and cheap their food was.

   “Who gnawed in solitude, being scurvy with calamity and misery, and chewed herbs and the barks of trees. And juniper roots for their meat. All heretics, whilst in sacred Revelation they make it their aim to dive into secrets of God beyond what they are capable of, by their hunger become barren.

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4. Psalms 120:4

   Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

   ›Commentary on Psalms 120:42 voices

   “Arrows - The wrath and vengeance of the mighty God, which in scripture is often compared to arrows, and here to coals of juniper, which burn very fiercely and retain their heat for a long time.

   “Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Some think these words describe lying lips, and a false tongue; which are like arrows, sharp ones, sent out from a bow drawn with a mighty hand, which come with great force, suddenly and swiftly, and do much mischief; see Psa 11:2; and to "coals of juniper", very distressing and tormenting; the tongue being a fire, set on fire of hell, and sets on fire the course of nature; and throws out devouring words, which consume like fire, Jas 3:

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