What Does the Bible Say About Lebanon?

1. #1Psalms 29:5

   The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

   BSBThe voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

2. #2Psalms 104:16

   The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

   BSBThe trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

3. #3Isaiah 29:17

   Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

   BSBIn a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

4. #4Psalms 92:12

   The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

   BSBThe righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

5. #52 Kings 19:23

   By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

   BSBThrough 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 outposts, the densest of its forests.

6. #6Isaiah 2:13

   And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

   BSBagainst all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

7. #7Hosea 14:5-7

   I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

   BSBI will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8. #8Jeremiah 22:6

   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.

   BSBFor 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.

9. #9Isaiah 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.

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

10. #10Isaiah 40:16

    And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

    BSBLebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

11. #11Song of Solomon 4:15

    A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

    BSBYou are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

12. #12Jeremiah 18:14

    Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

    BSBDoes the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?

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