Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth!

You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, ¹  and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

I also provided for ¹  the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits. Please remember me for good, O my God.

So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.

“But there is hope for ¹  a tree: ²  If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

The womb ¹  forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person ¹  to kindle strife. ² 

I designed ¹  royal gardens ²  and parks ³  for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove ¹  of flourishing trees.

you who practice ritual sex ¹  under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. ² 

Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land ¹  through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone. ² 

Their children are always thinking about ¹  their ²  altars and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, ³  set up beside the green trees on the high hills

Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, ¹  as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with axes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.

Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.

Join ¹  them as one stick; ²  they will be as one in your hand.

When I had returned, I noticed ¹  a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides.