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Zechariah 11:1-2
Good News Translation

The Fall of the Tyrants

11 Open your doors, Lebanon,
    so that fire can burn down your cedar trees![a]
2 Weep and wail, cypress trees—
    the cedars have fallen;
    those glorious trees have been destroyed!
Weep and wail, oaks of Bashan—
    the dense forest has been cut down!

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  1. Zechariah 11:1 Trees are used here as symbols of powerful nations or their kings.
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Zechariah 11:1-2
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11 Open your doors, Lebanon,(A)
    so that fire(B) may devour your cedars!
2 Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
    the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(C) of Bashan;
    the dense forest(D) has been cut down!(E)

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