Judges 9:8 Cross References - LITV

⁸ The trees went forth to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive, Reign over us.

²² And the men of Israel said to Gideon, rule over us, both you and your son, and your son's son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. ²³ And Gideon said to them, I shall not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; Jehovah shall rule over you.

⁹ And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah the king of Judah, saying, The thorn that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife; and a beast of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn.

³ And say, So says the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle came to Lebanon, one with great wings, long of pinion, full of feathers, having different colors to him. And he took the top of the cedar. ⁴ He plucked off the first of its young twigs and brought it into a land of traders. He set it in a city of merchants. ⁵ He also took of the seed of the land and planted it in a field of seed. He took it by great waters; he set it as a willow. ⁶ And it sprouted and became a spreading low vine, and it turned its branches to face toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine and made branches, and sent out boughs. ⁷ Also there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And, behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and sent out its branches to him, to water it, away from the beds of its planting. ⁸ It was planted in a good field by great waters to make branches and to bear fruit, to be a splendid vine. ⁹ Say, So says the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit and wither it? All the leaves of its sprouting shall wither, and not with great arm, nor by many people shall any raise it by its roots. ¹⁰ And behold, being planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the beds where it sprouted.

¹⁰ As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and. behold, a tree was in the middle of the earth. And its height was great. ¹¹ The tree became great and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its appearance to the end of all the earth. ¹² Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit plentiful, and food for all was in it. The animals of the field sought shade under it, and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it. ¹³ I was looking in the visions of my head on my bed. And, behold, a watcher, even a holy one, came down from the heaven ¹⁴ He cried with might and said this: Cut down the tree and cut off its branches. Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds leave its branches. ¹⁵ But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a fetter of iron and bronze, in the grass of the field. And let it be wet with the dew of the heavens, and his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth. ¹⁶ Let his heart be changed from man's, and let the heart of an animal be given to him. And let seven times pass over him. ¹⁷ This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the command by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever He will. And He sets up over it the lowest of men. ¹⁸ I, Nebuchadnezzar, have seen this dream. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its meaning, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to reveal the meaning to me. But you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.