English Standard Version
Zechariah 11:2
2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!
Zechariah 11:2 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the thick forest has come down.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars; the most majestic ones have fallen. Weep, you oaks of Bashan, for the thick forests have been cut down.
Context of Zechariah 11:2
1Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars! Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled! 3The sound of the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is ruined! The sound of the roar of the lions, for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined! 4Thus said the Lord my God: "Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.
Read all of Zechariah 11Zechariah 11:2 word by word
הֵילֵ֤ל בְּרוֹשׁ֙ כִּֽי־נָ֣פַל אֶ֔רֶז אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַדִּרִ֖ים שֻׁדָּ֑דוּ הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ אַלּוֹנֵ֣י בָשָׁ֔ן כִּ֥י יָרַ֖ד יַ֥עַר הַבָּצִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
- fir treeבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
- for the cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
- is fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fell(trees)H5307
- because the mightyאַדִּיר'addîyr · greatH117
- are spoiledשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
- O ye oaksאַלּוֹן'allôn · oakH437
- of Bashanבָּשָׁןbâshân · BashanH1316
- for the forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
- of the vintageבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
- of the vintageבָּצוֹרbâtsôr · vintageH1208
- is come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
Cross-references for Zechariah 11:2
- Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
- Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord God of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.
- Ezekiel 31:2"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: "Whom are you like in your greatness?
- Amos 6:1"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!
- Nahum 3:8Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?
- Luke 23:31For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
- Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
- Ezekiel 20:46"Son of man, set your face toward the southland; preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb.
Commentaries on Zechariah 11:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Howl, fir tree - This seems to point out the fall and destruction of all the mighty men.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Howl, 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. Woe then to the rest, “the cypress;” as our Lord says…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Lebanon and Bashan had excellent forests. These places are often mentioned together (Isaiah 2:13; Jeremiah 22:20–22; Ezekiel 27:5–6) to represent nations that God would judge. This judgment would occur when God regathers and restores the people of Israel (see Zechariah 10:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. fir tree ... cedar--if even the cedars (the highest in the state) are not spared, how much less the fir trees (the lowest)! forest of ... vintage--As the vines are stripped of their grapes in the vintage (compare Joe 3:13), so the forest of Lebanon "is come down," stripped of all its beauty. Rather, "the fortified" or "inaccessible forest" [Maurer]; that is, Jerusalem dense with houses as a thick forest is with trees, and "fortified" with a wall…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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