Judges 9:15

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Summary

And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

Shadow

Let fire

The cedars

Ezekiel 31:3

Bible References

Shadow

Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting Me,

To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh

And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

‘Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant,
And in it was food for all.
The beasts of the field found shade under it,
And the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches,
And all living creatures fed themselves from it.

Those who live in his shadow
Will again raise grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the

air

come and nest in its branches.”

Let fire

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the men of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from Beth-millo, and consume Abimelech.”

“For a fire went forth from Heshbon,
A flame from the town of Sihon;
It devoured Ar of Moab,
The

dominant heights of the Arnon.

The strong man will become tinder,
His work also a spark.
Thus they shall both burn together
And there will be none to quench them.

‘And fire has gone out from its branch;
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is not in it a strong branch,
A scepter to rule.’”
This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

The cedars

Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled the thorn bush.

The trees of the Lord

drink their fill,

The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up,
Against all the oaks of Bashan,

“Through your servants you have reproached the Lord,
And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses.
And I will go to its highest peak, its thickest forest.

‘Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And

very high,

And its top was among the clouds.