Zechariah 11:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּתַ֥ח לְבָנ֖וֹן דְּלָתֶ֑יךָ וְתֹאכַ֥ל אֵ֖שׁ בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Pətaḥ Lǝḇānôn dəlāṯêḵā wəṯōʾḵal ʾēš baʾărāzêḵā

Grammar Details

*Pətaḥ*: imperative, masculine singular - open
*Lǝḇānôn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Lebanon
*dəlāṯêḵā*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your doors
*wəṯōʾḵal*: conjunction + imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, qal - and will consume/devour
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*baʾărāzêḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in/among your cedars

Word Meanings

*Pətaḥ*: open/unlock
*Lǝḇānôn*: Lebanon (place name), possibly referring to its forests or the Temple (metaphorically)
*dəlāṯêḵā*: your doors/entrances/gates
*wəṯōʾḵal*: and will consume/devour/eat
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*baʾărāzêḵā*: in your cedars/among your cedar trees

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Referenced Verses

Jer 22:6-7 : 6 For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, [and] the head of Lebanon; [yet] surely I will make thee a wilderness, [and] cities which are not inhabited. 7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Luke 21:23-24 : 23 {G1161} Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
Hab 2:17 : 17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
Hag 1:8 : 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.
Zech 10:10 : 10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and [place] shall not be found for them.
Zech 14:1-2 : 1 Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Matt 24:1-2 : 1 And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, If thou hadst known in this {G4675} day, even thou, the things which belong unto {G4675} peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Ezek 31:3 : 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Zech 11:2-3
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2Wail, 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.
3A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.
Jer 22:6-7
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6For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, [and] the head of Lebanon; [yet] surely I will make thee a wilderness, [and] cities which are not inhabited.
7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Ps 29:5
78%
5The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
Isa 10:34
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34And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Isa 14:8
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8Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.
Isa 2:13
76%
13and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
Joel 1:19
75%
19O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
Isa 33:9
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9The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].
Isa 37:24
74%
24By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;
2 Kgs 19:23
74%
23By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.
Ps 83:14
73%
14As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
Amos 1:10
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10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Isa 9:18
72%
18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Jer 11:16-17
2 verses
72%
16Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
17For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal.
Jer 22:23
72%
23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Ps 104:16
72%
16The trees of Jehovah are filled [with moisture], The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Ps 148:9
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9Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;
Ezek 19:14
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14And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Joel 1:6-7
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6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
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Amos 6:11
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11For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Ps 80:12-13
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12Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
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Judg 9:15
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15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Nah 3:15
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15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.
Song 1:17
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17The beams of our house are cedars, [And] our rafters are firs.
Isa 10:16-18
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71%
16Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
17And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
18And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
Jer 22:20
71%
20Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed.
Isa 9:10
71%
10The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.
Ezek 20:47
71%
47and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
Ezek 31:3
71%
3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
Ezek 15:6
71%
6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine - tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Nah 1:4
71%
4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Joel 1:11
71%
11Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.
Isa 27:10
71%
10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Isa 33:11
71%
11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
Jer 21:11
71%
11And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah:
Jer 21:14
71%
14And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.
Isa 29:17
71%
17Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
Isa 64:11
71%
11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
Ezek 19:12
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12But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
Joel 1:17
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17The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
Ps 80:10
70%
10The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.
Jer 4:7
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7A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
Amos 1:12
70%
12but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.