Zechariah 11:1
New International Version
Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!

New Living Translation
Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedar forests.

English Standard Version
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars!

Berean Standard Bible
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

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

New King James Version
Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars.

New American Standard Bible
Open your doors, Lebanon, So that a fire may feed on your cedars.

NASB 1995
Open your doors, O Lebanon, That a fire may feed on your cedars.

NASB 1977
Open your doors, O Lebanon, That a fire may feed on your cedars.

Legacy Standard Bible
Open your doors, O Lebanon, That a fire may consume your cedars.

Amplified Bible
Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars.

Christian Standard Bible
Open your gates, Lebanon, and fire will consume your cedars.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Open your gates, Lebanon, and fire will consume your cedars.

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

Contemporary English Version
Lebanon, open your gates! Let the fire come in to destroy your cedar trees.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will be able to burn down your cedars.

Good News Translation
Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire can burn down your cedar trees!

International Standard Version
Open your doors, Lebanon, and fire will consume your cedars.

Majority Standard Bible
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

NET Bible
Open your gates, Lebanon, so that the fire may consume your cedars.

New Heart English Bible
Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.

Webster's Bible Translation
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

World English Bible
Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Open, O Lebanon, your doors, "" And fire devours among your cedars.

Young's Literal Translation
Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars.

Smith's Literal Translation
Open the doors, O Lebanon, and fire shall devour among thy cedars.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Open thy gates, 0 Libanus, and let fire devour thy cedars.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Open your gates, Lebanon, and let fire consume your cedars.

New American Bible
Open your doors, Lebanon, that fire may devour your cedars!

New Revised Standard Version
Open your doors, O Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
OPEN your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Open your gates, oh Lebanon, and fire will devour your cedars!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, That the fire may devour thy cedars.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Open thy doors, O Libanus, and let the fire devour thy cedars.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Doomed Flock
1Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars! 2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!…

Cross References
Isaiah 10:33-34
Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. / He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

Jeremiah 22:6-7
For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited. / I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.

Ezekiel 17:3-10
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. / He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders. / He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow. ...

Isaiah 2:12-13
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

Ezekiel 31:3-14
Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters. ...

Isaiah 14:8
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”

Jeremiah 25:34-38
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery. / Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock. / Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture. ...

Isaiah 37:24
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

Ezekiel 20:46-48
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev. / Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched. / Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”

Isaiah 9:18-19
For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke. / By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.

Matthew 3:10
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Luke 3:9
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Revelation 18:8-10
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” / Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.


Treasury of Scripture

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

O Lebanon.

Zechariah 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.

Jeremiah 22:6,7,23
For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house 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…

Habakkuk 2:8,17
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein…

that.

Zechariah 14:1,2
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee…

Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Matthew 24:1,2
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple…

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Zechariah 11
1. The destruction of Jerusalem.
3. The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected.
10. The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of Christ.
15. The type and curse of a foolish shepherd.














Open your doors
This phrase is a call to action, suggesting an invitation or allowance for something significant to occur. In the Hebrew context, "open" (פִּתְחִי, pithchi) implies a deliberate act of making way or preparing for an event. Historically, Lebanon was known for its strong defenses and natural barriers, symbolized by its majestic mountains and forests. The opening of doors signifies vulnerability and the removal of barriers, possibly indicating a forthcoming judgment or invasion. Spiritually, it can be seen as a call for the people to prepare their hearts for divine intervention or correction.

O Lebanon
Lebanon, in the biblical context, is renowned for its lush forests and, most notably, its cedars. The cedars of Lebanon were highly prized for their quality and were used in significant constructions, including Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 5:6). The mention of Lebanon here is symbolic, representing strength, pride, and natural beauty. In a prophetic sense, Lebanon can symbolize nations or peoples who are proud and self-reliant, standing in contrast to the humility required by God. The call to Lebanon is a metaphorical address to those who rely on their own strength rather than on God.

that the fire may devour
Fire, in biblical literature, often symbolizes judgment, purification, or destruction. The Hebrew word for fire (אֵשׁ, esh) conveys both a literal and metaphorical sense of consuming power. In this context, the fire represents divine judgment that is inevitable and consuming. The imagery of fire devouring suggests a thorough and complete act of judgment, leaving nothing untouched. Historically, this could allude to the invasions and destructions that would come upon the land, serving as a divine response to the people's disobedience and idolatry.

your cedars
Cedars are emblematic of strength, durability, and grandeur. The cedars of Lebanon were famous throughout the ancient world and were a source of national pride. In the prophetic literature, cedars can symbolize human pride and self-sufficiency. The destruction of the cedars by fire indicates the dismantling of what is considered strong and unassailable. Spiritually, this serves as a reminder that no human strength or achievement can stand against the judgment of God. It is a call to humility and recognition of God's ultimate authority over creation.

Verse 1. - Open thy doors, O Lebanon. The prophet graphically portrays the punishment that is to fall upon the people. The sin that occasions this chastisement, viz. the rejection of their Shepherd and King, is denounced later (§ 9). Lebanon stood in the path of an invader from the north, whence most hostile armies entered Palestine. The "doors" of Lebanon are the mountain passes which gave access to the country. Some commentators, following an old Jewish interpretation, take Lebanon to mean the temple or Jerusalem; but we are constrained to adhere primarily to the literal signification by the difficulty of carrying on the metaphorical allusions in the following clauses. That the fire may devour thy cedars. That the invader may wantonly destroy thy trees which are thy glory and thy boast.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Open
פְּתַ֥ח (pə·ṯaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

your doors,
דְּלָתֶ֑יךָ (də·lā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

O Lebanon,
לְבָנ֖וֹן (lə·ḇā·nō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3844: Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel

that the fire
אֵ֖שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

may consume
וְתֹאכַ֥ל (wə·ṯō·ḵal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

your cedars.
בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃ (ba·’ă·rā·ze·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 730: A cedar tree


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