Trees

And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.

Then sing do trees of the forest, From the presence of Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth!

so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height <FI>is<Fi> great: — read the full passage →

and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

A tree of life she <FI>is<Fi> to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her <FI>is<Fi> happy.

in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree <FI>are<Fi> for the service of the nations;

being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught--abounding in it in thanksgiving.

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life <FI>is<Fi> the coming desire.

The honour of Lebanon unto thee doth come, Fir, pine, and box together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary, And the place of My feet I make honourable.

And known have all trees of the field That I, Jehovah, have made low the high tree, I have set on high the low tree, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, Jehovah, have spoken, and have done <FI> it<Fi> !'

`When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down--for man's <FI>is<Fi> the tree of the field--to go in at thy presence in the siege.

And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;'

And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed <FI>is<Fi> in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.

The fruit of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls <FI>is<Fi> wise.

then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah--to be beautified.'

They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree <FI>are<Fi> the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones.

Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.

And by the stream there cometh up on its edge, on this side and on that side, every <FI>kind of<Fi> fruit-tree whose leaf fadeth not, and not consumed is its fruit, according to its months it yieldeth first-fruits, because its waters from the sanctuary are coming forth; and its fruits hath been for food, and its leaf for medicine.

I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together.

for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who <FI>are<Fi> according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?

and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

`The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.

`Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself,

and it covereth the eye of all the land, and the land is darkened; and it eateth every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left, and there hath not been left any green thing in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt.'

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

and ye have taken to yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before Jehovah your God seven days.

And established are the field of Ephron, which <FI>is<Fi> in Machpelah, which <FI>is<Fi> before Mamre, the field and the cave which <FI>is<Fi> in it, and all the trees which <FI>are<Fi> in the field, which <FI>are<Fi> in all its border round about,

let, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree;

And they come to Elim, and there <FI>are<Fi> twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.

And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed <FI>is<Fi> in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good;

Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you. — read the full passage →

a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming--I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.

As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;

and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost die.'

And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which <FI>is<Fi> in the sanctuary of Jehovah.

And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.

Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs <FI>are<Fi> her house.

and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth <FI>it<Fi> for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish <FI>it<Fi> .

And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name `Oak of weeping.'

And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim <FI>are<Fi> twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there;

And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that <FI>is<Fi> on the rods,

And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it <FI>is<Fi> not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.

yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.

`And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all <FI>kinds<Fi> of trees <FI>for<Fi> food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten,

`For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit; — read the full passage →

`Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that hath been, Among trees of the forest?

And also, the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir almug-trees very many, and precious stone; — read the full passage →

And yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed <FI>is<Fi> its substance!'

The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,

For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you <FI>with<Fi> singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand. — read the full passage →

And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

And it is declared to the house of David, saying, `Aram hath been led towards Ephraim,' And his heart and the heart of his people is moved, like the moving of trees of a forest by the presence of wind.

And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that <FI>are<Fi> in the low country, for abundance.

And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire,

and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that <FI>is<Fi> in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,

And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills.

I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

Satisfied <FI>are<Fi> the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,

He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

all days of his separation, of anything which is made of the wine-vine, from kernels even unto husk, he doth not eat.

and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants <FI>are<Fi> with thy servants,

Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.

Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you. — read the full passage →

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She <FI>is<Fi> the city to be inspected, Wholly--she is oppression in her midst.

and houses full of all good things which thou hast not filled, and wells digged which thou hast not digged, vineyards and olive-yards which thou hast not planted, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied;

and of the fruit of the tree which <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.' — read the full passage →

and if the first-fruit <FI>is<Fi> holy, the lump also; and if the root <FI>is<Fi> holy, the branches also. — read the full passage →

And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find; — read the full passage →

Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,

And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood--axes.

And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I--I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: `I <FI>am<Fi> as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found.

And the rest of the trees of his forest <FI>are<Fi> few, And a youth doth write them.

The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone. — read the full passage →

By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains--The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

And the hail smiteth in all the land of Egypt all that <FI>is<Fi> in the field, from man even unto beast, and every herb of the field hath the hail smitten, and every tree of the field it hath broken;

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

and all the walls of the house round about he hath carved with openings of carvings, cherubs, and palm trees, and openings of flowers, within and without.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;

As a citron among trees of the forest, So <FI>is<Fi> my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit <FI>is<Fi> sweet to my palate.

and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me--she hath given to me of the tree--and I do eat.'

and <FI>Abraham<Fi> planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;