Zechariah 11:2

Zechariah · Old Testament · Chapter 11

“Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.”Zechariah 11:2

What Does Zechariah 11:2 Mean?

Zechariah 11:2 is found in the book of Zechariah, chapter 11, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Zechariah 11:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Ezekiel 27:6“Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.”Isaiah 32:19“When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.”Luke 23:31“For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?”James 5:1“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”Isaiah 2:12“For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:”Isaiah 10:33“Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.”Isaiah 14:8“Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.”Isaiah 32:15“Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.”Jeremiah 46:22“The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.”Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;”Ezekiel 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!”Ezekiel 30:9“In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.”Ezekiel 31:2“Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?”Ezekiel 31:3“Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.”Ezekiel 31:9“I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.”Ezekiel 31:17“They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.”Ezekiel 32:10“Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.”Amos 6:1“Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!”Nahum 2:3“The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.”Nahum 3:8“Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?”

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