Forests.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

• 1 min. read • grade level: 13

Tracts of land covered with trees. Isa. 44:14¹⁴He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. (Isaiah 44:14).

Underwood often in. Isa. 9:18¹⁸For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. (Isaiah 9:18).

Infested by wild beasts. Psa. 50:10¹⁰For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. (Psalm 50:10). Psa. 104:20²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. (Psalm 104:20). Isa. 56:9⁹All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. (Isaiah 56:9). Jer. 5:6⁶Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. (Jeremiah 5:6). Mic. 5:8⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. (Micah 5:8).

Abounded with wild honey. 1 Sam. 14:25, 26²⁵And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. ²⁶And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. (1 Samuel 14:25‑26).

Often afforded pasture. Mic. 7:14¹⁴Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. (Micah 7:14).

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE.

Bashan, Isa. 2:13¹³And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, (Isaiah 2:13). Ezek. 27:6⁶Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. (Ezekiel 27:6). Zech. 11:2²Howl, 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. (Zechariah 11:2).

Hareth. 1 Sam. 22:5⁵And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. (1 Samuel 22:5).

Ephraim. 2 Sam. 18:6, 8⁶So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; (2 Samuel 18:6)
⁸For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. (2 Samuel 18:8).

Lebanon. 1 Kin. 7:2. 1 Kin. 10:17.

Carmel. 2 Kin. 19:23. Isa. 37:24²⁴By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. (Isaiah 37:24).

Arabian. Isa. 21:13¹³The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. (Isaiah 21:13).

The south. Ezek. 20:46, 47⁴⁶Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; ⁴⁷And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. (Ezekiel 20:46‑47).

The king's. Neh. 2:8⁸And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. (Nehemiah 2:8).

Supplied timber for building. 1 Kin. 5:6-8.

Were places of refuge. 1 Sam. 22:5⁵And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. (1 Samuel 22:5). 1 Sam. 23:16¹⁶And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. (1 Samuel 23:16).

Jotham built towers, &c. in. 2 Chr. 27:4⁴Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. (2 Chronicles 27:4).

The power of God extends over. Psa. 29:9⁹The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. (Psalm 29:9).

Called on to rejoice at God's mercy, Isa. 44:23²³Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. (Isaiah 44:23).

Often destroyed by enemies. 2 Kin. 19:23. Isa. 37:24²⁴By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. (Isaiah 37:24). Jer. 46:23²³They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. (Jeremiah 46:23).

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of the unfruitful world. Isa. 32:19¹⁹When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. (Isaiah 32:19).

(A fruitful field turned into,) of the Jews rejected by God. Isa. 29:17¹⁷Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? (Isaiah 29:17). Isa. 32:15¹⁵Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. (Isaiah 32:15).

(Destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked Isa. 9:18¹⁸For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. (Isaiah 9:18). Isa. 10:17, 18¹⁷And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; ¹⁸And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. (Isaiah 10:17‑18). Jer. 21:14¹⁴But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. (Jeremiah 21:14).

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