Zec 11:1 | NET2full | STEP | Open your gates , Lebanon , so that the fire may consume your cedars .

‏ Zechariah 11:1

The History and Future of Judah’s Wicked Kings

1 Open your gates, Lebanon,
so that the fire may consume your cedars. ^{▼▼sn In this poetic section, plants and animals provide the imagery for rulers, especially evil ones (cf. respectively Isa 10:33-34; Ezek 31:8; Amos 2:9; Nah 2:12).}