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| | <br />Eze 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: '''so that all the <font color=red><i>trees</i> of Eden</font>''', '''that were in the <font color=red>garden of God</font>, envied him.''' | | <br />Eze 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: '''so that all the <font color=red><i>trees</i> of Eden</font>''', '''that were in the <font color=red>garden of God</font>, envied him.''' |
| | <br />Eze 31:16 '''I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall''', when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: '''and all the <font color=red><u>trees</u> of Eden</font>''', the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. | | <br />Eze 31:16 '''I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall''', when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: '''and all the <font color=red><u>trees</u> of Eden</font>''', the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. |
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| | + | And when Jesus came, he talked of men in terms of trees: |
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| | + | Mat 7:18 <font color=red>A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.</font> |
| | + | Mat 7:19 <font color=red>Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.</font> |
| | + | Mat 3:10 <font color=red>And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.</font> |
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| | For more references on trees symbolizing people see: Jdg 9:7-15, Daniel 4:20&21, Rev 11:3&4, Gen 49:22, Eze 17:2-13, John 15:1, and Matthew 3:10. | | For more references on trees symbolizing people see: Jdg 9:7-15, Daniel 4:20&21, Rev 11:3&4, Gen 49:22, Eze 17:2-13, John 15:1, and Matthew 3:10. |