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Forests

Tracts of land covered with trees—Isa 44:14

Underbrush often in—Isa 9:18

Infested by wild beasts—Ps 50:10; 104:20; Isa 56:9; Jer 5:6; Mic 5:8

Abounded with wild honey—1Sa 14:25,26

Often afforded pasture—Mic 7:14

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

• Bashan
• —Isa 2:13; Eze 27:6; Zec 11:2
• Hareth
• —1Sa 22:5
• Ephraim
• —2Sa 18:6,8
• Lebanon
• —1Ki 7:2; 10:17
• Carmel
• —2Ki 19:23; Isa 37:24
• Arabian
• —Isa 21:13
• The south
• —Eze 20:46,47
• The king's
• —Ne 2:8

Supplied timber for building—1Ki 5:6-8

Were places of refuge—1Sa 22:5; 23:16

Jotham built towers, &c, in—2Ch 27:4

The power of God extends over—Ps 29:9

Called on to rejoice at God's mercy—Isa 44:23

Often destroyed by enemies—2Ki 19:23; Isa 37:24; Jer 46:23

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the unfruitful world
• —Isa 32:19
• (A fruitful field turned into,) of the Jews rejected by God
• —Isa 29:17; 32:15
• (Destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked
• —Isa 9:18; 10:17,18; Jer 21:14