Zechariah 11:2
New King James Version
2 Wail, O cypress, for the (A)cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
(B)For the thick forest has come down.
Luke 23:31
New King James Version
31 (A)For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?”
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Nahum 3:8-19
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8 (A)Are you better than (B)No[a] Amon
That was situated by the [b]River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
And it was boundless;
(C)Put and Lubim were [c]your helpers.
10 Yet she was carried away,
She went into captivity;
(D)Her young children also were dashed to pieces
(E)At the head of every street;
They (F)cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound in chains.
11 You also will be (G)drunk;
You will be hidden;
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your strongholds are (H)fig trees with ripened figs:
If they are shaken,
They fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Surely, (I)your people in your midst are women!
The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies;
Fire shall devour the (J)bars of your gates.
14 Draw your water for the siege!
(K)Fortify your strongholds!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Make strong the brick kiln!
15 There the fire will devour you,
The sword will cut you off;
It will eat you up like a (L)locust.
Make yourself many—like the locust!
Make yourself many—like the swarming locusts!
16 You have multiplied your (M)merchants more than the stars of heaven.
The locust plunders and flies away.
17 (N)Your commanders are like swarming locusts,
And your generals like great grasshoppers,
Which camp in the hedges on a cold day;
When the sun rises they flee away,
And the place where they are is not known.
18 (O)Your shepherds slumber, O (P)king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are (Q)scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.
19 Your injury has no healing,
(R)Your wound is severe.
(S)All who hear news of you
Will clap their hands over you,
For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
Amos 6:1
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Warnings to Zion and Samaria
6 Woe (A)to you who are at (B)ease in Zion,
And (C)trust in Mount Samaria,
Notable persons in the (D)chief nation,
To whom the house of Israel comes!
Ezekiel 31:17
New King James Version
17 They also went down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who were its strong arm (A)dwelt in its shadows among the nations.
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Ezekiel 31:2-3
New King James Version
2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
(A)‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 (B)Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.
Ezekiel 20:46
New King James Version
46 (A)“Son of man, set your face toward the south; [a]preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the [b]South,
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- Ezekiel 20:46 proclaim, lit. drop
- Ezekiel 20:46 Heb. Negev
Isaiah 32:15-19
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15 Until (A)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
And (B)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
The Peace of God’s Reign
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 (C)The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet (D)resting places,
19 (E)Though hail comes down (F)on the forest,
And the city is brought low in humiliation.
Isaiah 10:33-34
New King James Version
33 Behold, the Lord,
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
(A)Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
Isaiah 2:12-17
New King James Version
12 For the day of the Lord of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—
13 Upon all (A)the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up,
And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
14 (B)Upon all the high mountains,
And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
15 Upon every high tower,
And upon every fortified wall;
16 (C)Upon all the ships of Tarshish,
And upon all the beautiful sloops.
17 The [a]loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:17 pride
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