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Isaiah 10:33-34
But look! The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power! He will cut down the proud. That lofty tree will be brought down.He will cut down the forest trees with an ax. Lebanon will fall to the Mighty One.
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Daniel 4:10
“‘ While I was lying in my bed, this is what I dreamed. I saw a large tree in the middle of the earth.
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Ezekiel 17:3-4
Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:“ A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers, covered with many colored plumage, came to Lebanon. He seized the top of a cedar treeand plucked off its highest branch. He carried it away to a city filled with merchants. He planted it in a city of traders.
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Daniel 4:20-23
The tree you saw was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.It had fresh green leaves and was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches.That tree, Your Majesty, is you. For you have grown strong and great; your greatness reaches up to heaven, and your rule to the ends of the earth.“‘ Then you saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying,“ Cut down the tree and destroy it. But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven. Let him live with the animals of the field for seven periods of time.”
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Ezekiel 17:22
“ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take a branch from the top of a tall cedar, and I will plant it on the top of Israel’s highest mountain.
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Judges 9:15
And the thornbush replied to the trees,‘ If you truly want to make me your king, come and take shelter in my shade. If not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’”
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Zechariah 11:2
Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars; the most majestic ones have fallen. Weep, you oaks of Bashan, for the thick forests have been cut down.
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Nahum 3:1-19
What sorrow awaits Nineveh, the city of murder and lies! She is crammed with wealth and is never without victims.Hear the crack of whips, the rumble of wheels! Horses’ hooves pound, and chariots clatter wildly.See the flashing swords and glittering spears as the charioteers charge past! There are countless casualties, heaps of bodies— so many bodies that people stumble over them.All this because Nineveh, the beautiful and faithless city, mistress of deadly charms, enticed the nations with her beauty. She taught them all her magic, enchanting people everywhere.“ I am your enemy!” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.“ And now I will lift your skirts and show all the earth your nakedness and shame.I will cover you with filth and show the world how vile you really are.All who see you will shrink back and say,‘ Nineveh lies in ruins. Where are the mourners?’ Does anyone regret your destruction?”Are you any better than the city of Thebes, situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water? She was protected by the river on all sides, walled in by water.Ethiopia and the land of Egypt gave unlimited assistance. The nations of Put and Libya were among her allies.Yet Thebes fell, and her people were led away as captives. Her babies were dashed to death against the stones of the streets. Soldiers threw dice to get Egyptian officers as servants. All their leaders were bound in chains.And you, Nineveh, will also stagger like a drunkard. You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy.All your fortresses will fall. They will be devoured like the ripe figs that fall into the mouths of those who shake the trees.Your troops will be as weak and helpless as women. The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy and set on fire and burned.Get ready for the siege! Store up water! Strengthen the defenses! Go into the pits to trample clay, and pack it into molds, making bricks to repair the walls.But the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. The enemy will consume you like locusts, devouring everything they see. There will be no escape, even if you multiply like swarming locusts.Your merchants have multiplied until they outnumber the stars. But like a swarm of locusts, they strip the land and fly away.Your guards and officials are also like swarming locusts that crowd together in the hedges on a cold day. But like locusts that fly away when the sun comes up, all of them will fly away and disappear.Your shepherds are asleep, O Assyrian king; your princes lie dead in the dust. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together.There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear of your destruction will clap their hands for joy. Where can anyone be found who has not suffered from your continual cruelty?
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Daniel 4:12
It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree.
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Isaiah 37:24
By your messengers you have defied the Lord. You have said,‘ With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains— yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest heights and explored its deepest forests.
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Ezekiel 31:6
The birds nested in its branches, and in its shade all the wild animals gave birth. All the great nations of the world lived in its shadow.
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Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with all the others who descend to the pit. And all the other proud trees of Eden, the most beautiful and the best of Lebanon, the ones whose roots went deep into the water, took comfort to find it there with them in the depths of the earth.
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Zephaniah 2:13
And the Lord will strike the lands of the north with his fist, destroying the land of Assyria. He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland, parched like a desert.
