Zechariah 11:2 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

BSB

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ASV

Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.

KJV

Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen,.... By which are designed the princes, nobles, and magistrates of the land: so the Targum interprets them of kings and princes; see Nah 2:3, because all the mighty are spoiled; which is an explanation of the figurative expressions in the former clause, and in the following; and designs rich men, as the Targum paraphrases it, who at this time would be spoiled of their wealth and substance.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Howl, O cypress, for the cedar is fallen - Jerusalem or the temple having been likened to Lebanon and its cedars, the prophet carries on the image, speaking of the priests princes and people, under the title of firs, cypresses and oaks, trees inferior, but magnificent. He shows that it is imagery, by ascribing to them the feelings of people. The more glorious and stately, “the cedars,” were destroyed.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵילֵ֤ל	hei.Lel	wail	H3213 →
בְּרוֹשׁ֙	be.ro.Vosh	O cypress	H1265 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
נָ֣פַל	Na.fal	it has fallen	H5307 →
אֶ֔רֶז	'E.rez	a cedar	H730 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
אַדִּרִ֖ים	'a.di.Rim	majestic [trees]	H117 →
שֻׁדָּ֑דוּ	shu.Da.du	they have been devastated	H7703 →
הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙	hei.Li.lu	wail	H3213 →
אַלּוֹנֵ֣י	'a.lo.Nei	O oaks of	H437 →
בָשָׁ֔ן	va.Shan	Bashan	H1316 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
יָרַ֖ד	ya.Rad	it has come down	H3381 →
יַ֥עַר	Ya.'ar	[the] forest	H3293 →
הַבָּצִֽיר׃	ha.ba.tzur	of the vintage	H1210 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7703shudaduthey have been devastated57×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 23:31
For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:17–18
  For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
- Proverbs 11:31
  If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
- John 15:6
  If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Ezekiel 20:47–48
  Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all…
- Matthew 3:12
  His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Through
Ezekiel 31:17
They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.
leads to
- Psalms 9:17
  The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Ezekiel 31:6
  All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
- Ezekiel 31:3
  Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.