Zechariah 11:1

Open thy doors, O Lebanon] Make way for the invaders.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 11:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 w...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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, th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 met...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Open, to. Figure of speech Apostrophe. App-6.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: - "...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Open thy doors, &c.— This manner of expression sufficiently shews, that Lebanon itself is not addressed, which had no doors, or gates; but the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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. Rule...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 Roma...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 r...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Howl, fir-tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty is spoiled: howl, O ye...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 whic...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Open thy doors, O Lebanon The prophet, having signified in the foregoing prophecy that the Jewish nation should recover its prosperity, flourish fo...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judgment Because the True Shepherd of Israel is Rejected and a False Shepherd Accepted (vv. 1-6) This chapter is all prophetic, dealing chief...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Destruction of the Jewish State. B. C. 510....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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;...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 cedar...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Prophecy in Which Zechariah Sees that Instead of True Shepherds There Will Arise False Shepherds. He as The True Shepherd will be Rejected ( Zecha...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 shou...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 s...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 Jew...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Zechariah 11:13 § 8. Restoration to their own land and material prosperity do not free the Israelites from probation or trouble....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Desolation of the Holy Land
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
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 ti...

¹ Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 11:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 11:1