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.
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Gill's Exposition
Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen,.... By which are designed the princes, nobles, and magistrates of the land: so the Targum interprets them of kings and princes; see Nah 2:3,
because all the…
Barnes' Notes
Howl, O cypress, for the cedar is fallen - Jerusalem or the temple having been likened to Lebanon and its cedars, the prophet carries on the image, speaking of the priests princes and people, under…
Adam Clarke
Howl, fir tree - This seems to point out the fall and destruction of all the mighty men.
In dark and figurative expressions, as is usual in the scripture predictions of things at a great distance, that destruction of Jerusalem and of the Jewish church and nation is here foretold which our…
Cambridge Bible
fir tree or cypress. It is uncertain what tree is meant. See Dict. of Bible, Art. "Cypress."
for the cedar is fallen Grand trees as were the firs, or cypresses, the cedars were grander still. The fall…
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