Lexicon :: Strong's H3844 - lᵊḇānôn

Now when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland [at the western edge of the hills of Judea], and all along the coast of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of this [army and its victories over Jericho and Ai],

These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,

‘Through your messengers you have taunted and defied the Lord,

And have said [boastfully], “With my many chariots

I came up to the heights of the mountains,

To the remotest parts of Lebanon;

I cut down its tall cedar trees and its choicest cypress trees.

I entered its most distant lodging, its densest forest.

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;

Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

There will be an abundance of grain in the soil on the top of the [fn]mountains;

Its fruit will wave like [the cedars of] Lebanon,

And those of the city will flourish like grass of the earth.

The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];

They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

The trees of the LORD drink their fill,

The cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,

“King Solomon has made for himself a palanquin

From the [cedar] wood of Lebanon.

“Come away with me from Lebanon, my [promised] bride,

May you come with me from Lebanon.

Journey down from the top of Amana,

From the summit of Senir and Hermon,

From the dens of lions,

From the mountains of leopards.

“Your lips, my [promised] bride, drip honey [as the honeycomb];

Honey and milk are under your tongue,

And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

“You are a fountain in a garden,

A well of fresh and living water,

And streams flowing from Lebanon.”

“His legs are [strong and steady] pillars of alabaster

Set upon pedestals of fine gold.

His appearance is like Lebanon,

Stately and choice as the cedars.

“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,

Your eyes the [sparkling] pools of Heshbon

By the gate of Bath-rabbim.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

Which looks toward Damascus.

And the wrath of God will be against all the cedars of Lebanon [west of the Jordan] that are high and lifted up,

Against all the oaks of Bashan [east of the Jordan],

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,

And Lebanon (the Assyrian) will fall by the Mighty One.

“Even the cypress trees rejoice over you [kings of Babylon], even the cedars of Lebanon, saying,

‘Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.’

Is it not yet a very little while

Until Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field,

And the fertile field regarded as a forest?

The land mourns and dries out,

Lebanon is shamed and [its lush foliage] withers;

[fn]Sharon is like a desert plain,

And [fn]Bashan and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves.

It will blossom abundantly

And rejoice with joy and singing.

The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,

The majesty of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon.

They will see the glory of the LORD,

The majesty and splendor of our God.

“Through your servants you have taunted and defied the Lord,

And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,

To the remotest parts of Lebanon.

I cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees;

And I will go to its remotest height, its most luxuriant and thickest forest.

And [the forests of] Lebanon cannot supply sufficient fuel to start a fire,

Nor are its wild beasts enough for a burnt offering [worthy of the LORD].

“The glory of Lebanon will come to you,

The [fn]cypress, the juniper, and the cedar together,

To beautify the place of My sanctuary;

And I will honor and make the place of My feet glorious.

‘Will the snow of [Mount] Lebanon melt and vanish from its rocks [which tower above Israel]?

Will the cold, rushing waters of foreign lands [that flow down from the distant land] be dried up?

“You are [as valuable] to Me as [the green pastures of] Gilead [east of the Jordan]

Or as the [plentiful] summit of Lebanon [west of the Jordan],

Yet most certainly [if you will not listen to Me] I will make you a wilderness,

And uninhabited cities.