“ Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. ”
Open thy doors, O Lebanon - Lebanon, whose cedars had stood, its glory, for centuries, yet could offer no resistance to him who felled them and were carried off to adorn the palaces of its conque...
Open thy doors, O (a) Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. (a) Because the Jews thought themselves so strong by reason of this mountain, that no enemy could come to hurt them, the Prophet s...
The strongholds of the Syro-Greek empire are taunted with the failure of their power. The cedars of Lebanon and the oaks of Bashan are a constant metaphor for that which is lofty and powerful ( cf....
Open, to. Figure of speech Apostrophe. App-6.
This Chapter contains severe threatenings, by which God designed in time to warn the Jews, that if there was any hope of repentance, they might be restored by fear to the right way, and that ot...
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Open thy doors, O Lebanon - I will give Mr. Joseph Mede's note upon this verse: - "That which moveth me more than the rest, is in cha...
Open thy doors, &c.— This manner of expression sufficiently shews, that Lebanon itself is not addressed, which had no doors, or gates; but the temple, built of the cedars of Lebanon. In the thr...
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Open thy doors, O Lebanon - i:e., the temple, so called, as being constructed of cedars of Lebanon, or as being lofty and consp...
Open thy doors, O Lebanon ] Make way for the invaders.
XI. (1-3) Here, as in Zechariah 9:1-8 , we have intimation of an invasion of the land of Israel from the north, only, whereas in the former case Philistia, as well as Syria and Phœnicia, was to b...
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zecha...
Beauty and Bands Zechariah 11:1-17 The times were very dark when Zechariah felt called upon to act as shepherd to Jehovah's harried flock. Rulers and priests were actuated by selfish greed and...
The last movement of the message described the rejection of the King. The prophet first foretold the coming of judgment under the figure of the Roman fire devouring the people and spoiling the glory...
CONTENTS This Chapter in its opening, seems to contain a prophecy of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, and which took place after our Lord's return to glory. Under the figures of two staves th...
Open thy doors, O Lebanon ,.... By which may be meant, either the temple of Jerusalem, which was built of the cedars of Lebanon; "the gates of which are said w to open of themselves forty years bef...
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Ver. 1. Open thy doors, O Lebanon ] This chapter is no less comminatory than the two former had been consolatory. The tartness of th...
Open thy doors, O Lebanon The prophet, having signified in the foregoing prophecy that the Jewish nation should recover its prosperity, flourish for some time, and become considerable; and having a...
Judgment Because the True Shepherd of Israel is Rejected and a False Shepherd Accepted (vv. 1-6) This chapter is all prophetic, dealing chiefly with the suffering of Israel because of their r...
Destruction of the Jewish State. B. C. 510. 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire m...
ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 11 The destruction of Jerusalem, Malachi 11:1-3 . Under the type of Zechariah is showed Christ's care for the flock, the Jews; and their rejection for ingratitude and light est...
A Lament Over The Condition Of Israel ( Zechariah 11:1-3 ). Zechariah 11:1-3 ‘Open your doors, Oh Lebanon, That the fire may devour your cedars. Howl, Oh fir tree, For the cedar is fallen,...
CRITICAL NOTES.] In this chapter we have a contrast to the former. It was necessary to promise blessings, to encourage, and to warn, lest many should presume by vain confidence in the promises. We...
Zechariah 11:1 . Open thy doors, oh Lebanon. This is a word of delicacy for the temple, calling it by another name. Dr. Lightfoot quotes several striking comments on this text. “The east gate of t...
That the fire may devour thy cedars, etc. The fallen cedar In this chapter there is an announcement of the judgment that was to come on the Jewish State and nation because of their ungodliness,...
EXPOSITION Zechariah 11:13 § 8. Restoration to their own land and material prosperity do not free the Israelites from probation or trouble. The prophet, therefore, darkens his late picture...
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, the district on the northernmost border of the Holy Land, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Instead of describing the destruction of the land outright, the prophet cal...
Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Habakkuk 2:17 ; Habakkuk 2:8 ; Haggai 1:8 ; Jeremiah 22:23 ; Jeremiah 22:6 ; Jeremiah 22:7 ; Luke 19:41-44 ; Luke 21:23 ; Luke 21:24 ; Matthew 24:1 ; Matthew 24:2 ; Z...
Open thy doors — That destruction of the Jewish church and nation, is here foretold in dark and figurative expressions, which our Lord, when the time was at hand, prophesied of very plainly. Lebano...