KJV King James Version
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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Zechariah 11:2
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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!
WEB World English Bible
Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Howl, O fir, for fallen hath the cedar, For their honourable ones were destroyed, Howl, ye oaks of Bashan, For come down hath the fenced forest,
Surrounding context — Zechariah 11
1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
2 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.
3 [There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֵילֵ֤לH3213 · ya.lalto wailבְּרוֹשׁ֙H1265 · be.roshcypressכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforנָ֣פַלH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallאֶ֔רֶזH730 · e.rezcedarאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאַדִּרִ֖יםH117 · ad.dirgreatשֻׁדָּ֑דוּH7703 · sha.dadto ruinהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙H3213 · ya.lalto wailאַלּוֹנֵ֣יH437 · al.lonoakבָשָׁ֔ןH1316 · ba.shanBashanכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforיָרַ֖דH3381 · ya.radto go downיַ֥עַרH3293 · ya.arwoodהַבָּצִֽיר׃H1210 · ba.tsirvintage
Cross-references
Luke 23:31For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?Ezekiel 31:2-3Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?Amos 6:1Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!Ezekiel 31:17They also went down into hell with him unto [them that be] slain with the sword; and [they that were] his arm, [that] dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.Isaiah 10:33-34Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;Isaiah 32:15-19Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.Nahum 3:8-19Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about it, whose rampart [was] the sea, [and] her wall [was] from the sea?Isaiah 2:12-17For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
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