Zechariah 11:1
What meaning of the zechariah 11:1 in the Bible?
What does Zechariah 11:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars."
What does Zechariah 11:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars."
CHAPTER XI _The commencement of this chapter relates to the destruction of_ _Jerusalem and the Jewish polity, probably by the Babylonians;_ _at least in the first instance, as the_ fourth _verse sp...
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 were carried off to adorn the palaces of its conquerors...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The judgment of the land, the temple and the slaughter of the flock (Zechariah 11:1) _ 2. The true shepherd set aside and rejected (Zechariah 11:7) 3. The foolish shepherd (Zecharia...
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 metaphor for that which is lofty and powerful (_cf._ I...
OPEN, to. Figure of speech _Apostrophe._ App-6....
_Open thy doors, O Lebanon_ The passage is highly poetical and dramatic, but in its first reference literal and physical. In the path of the invading army stands Lebanon, at once the pride and bulwark...
OPEN THY DOORS, &C.— This manner of expression sufficiently shews, that Lebanon itself is not addressed, which had no doors, or gates; but the temple, built of the cedars of Lebanon. In the three prec...
CHAPTER XL A PARABLE OF SHEPHERDS RUIN OF HOSTILE POWERS. Zechariah 11:1-3 RV. Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the...
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 of cedars of Lebanon, or as being lofty and conspicuous...
OPEN THY DOORS, O LEBANON] Make way for the invaders....
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Open your doors, Lebanon. Then fire will destroy your *cedar trees! V2 Cry aloud, *juniper trees, because (he has) destroyed...
XI. (1-3) Here, as in Zechariah 9:1, we have intimation of an invasion of the land of Israel from the north, only, whereas in the former case Philistia, as well as Syria and Phœnicia, was to be the su...
פְּתַ֥ח לְבָנֹ֖ון דְּלָתֶ֑יךָ וְ תֹאכַ֥ל אֵ֖שׁ בַּ אֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃...
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 is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zecharia...
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. Rulers and priests were actuated by selfish greed and mutua...
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 Roman fire devouring the people and spoiling the glory...
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, that no enemy could come to hurt them, the Prophet sh...
_Gates. Josephus (Jewish Wars vii. 12.) relates, that the heavy eastern gates flew open at midnight: and the priests officiating at Pentecost, heard a multitude crying, "Let us go hence." See Tacitus,...
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 return to glory. Under the figures of two staves the...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
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 be restored by fear to the right way, and that others, t...
In connection with the judgments that should attend it, the Spirit enters into more detail with respect to the rejection of the Messiah, and the particular circumstances of the last days, in consequen...
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 which are said w to open of themselves forty years before...
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 two former had been consolatory. The tartness of the...
_Open thy doors, O Lebanon_ The prophet, having signified in the foregoing prophecy that the Jewish nation should recover its prosperity, flourish for some time, and become considerable; and having an...
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 destruction of the land outright, the prophet calls...
JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE TRUE SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL IS REJECTED AND A FALSE SHEPHERD ACCEPTED (vv. 1-6) This chapter is all prophetic, dealing chiefly with the suffering of Israel because of their reject...
1-3 In figurative expressions, that destruction of Jerusalem, and of the Jewish church and nation, is foretold, which our Lord Jesus, when the time was at hand, prophesied plainly and expressly. How c...
ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 11 The destruction of Jerusalem, MALACHI 11:1. Under the type of Zechariah is showed Christ's care for the flock, the Jews; and their rejection for ingratitude and light estimation o...
Zechariah 11:1 Open H6605 (H8798) doors H1817 Lebanon H3844 fire H784 devour H398 (H8799) cedars H730 O Lebanon - Zechariah 10:10; Jeremiah 22:6-7, Jeremiah 22:23; Habakkuk 2:8,...
A LAMENT OVER THE CONDITION OF ISRAEL (ZECHARIAH 11:1). Zechariah 11:1 ‘Open your doors, Oh Lebanon, That the fire may devour your cedars. Howl, Oh fir tree, For the cedar is fallen, Because the...
CONTENTS: First advent of Christ foretold and His rejection. God's wrath against Israel as the result. The rise of anti-Christ and his judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Those who wil...
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 striking comments on this text. “The east gate of the...
_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 Jewish State and nation because of their ungodliness, and...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:1 Zechariah’s focus turns from the flock back to the shepherds. The fable of vv. Zechariah 11:1 tells of impending destruction. In vv. Zechariah 11:4, attention turns to...
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 should presume by vain confidence in the promises. We hav...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 11:13 § 8. Restoration to their own land and material prosperity do not free the Israelites from probation or trouble. The prophet, therefore, darkens his late picture with some...
Tonight we have a fascinating area of scripture to cover. Pray the Lord will give me the gift of brevity. For we are surely getting into some exciting areas of biblical prophecy, as the Lord begins to...
Deuteronomy 32:22; Habakkuk 2:17; Habakkuk 2:8; Haggai 1:8; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 22:6; Jeremiah 22:7; Luke 19:41; Luke 21:23; Luke 21:24
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 —...