Zec 11:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. fir tree ... cedar-- if even the cedars (the highest in the state) are not spared, how much less the fir trees (the lowest)! forest of ... vintage-- As the vines are stripped of their grapes in the vintage (compare ), so the forest of Lebanon "is come down," stripped of all its beauty. Rather, "the fortified" or "inaccessible forest" [Maurer]; that is, Jerusalem dense with houses as a thick forest is with trees, and "fortified" with a wall around. Compare , where its desolate state is described as a forest.

‏ Zechariah 11:2

2. fir tree ... cedar--if even the cedars (the highest in the state) are not spared, how much less the fir trees (the lowest)!

forest of ... vintage--As the vines are stripped of their grapes in the vintage (compare Joe 3:13), so the forest of Lebanon "is come down," stripped of all its beauty. Rather, "the fortified" or "inaccessible forest" [Maurer]; that is, Jerusalem dense with houses as a thick forest is with trees, and "fortified" with a wall around. Compare Mi 3:12, where its desolate state is described as a forest.