Zechariah 11:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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. Lebanon — Lebanon, a great mountain boundary between Judea and its neighbours on the north, is here commanded to open its gates, its fortifications raised to secure the passages, which lead into Judea. That the fire — Fire kindled by the enemy in the houses and buildings in Judea, and in Lebanon itself. The cedars — Palaces built with cedars.