Even if the forest is destroyed ¹  and the city is annihilated, ² 

The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall. ¹ 

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

They ¹  removed the defenses ²  of Judah. At that time ³  you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest. ⁴ 

When the army entered the forest, they saw ¹  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ²  for the army was afraid of the oath.

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. ¹  Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

The Beloved about Her Lover: Like ¹  an apple tree ²  among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight ³  to sit ⁴  in his shade, ⁵  and his fruit ⁶  is sweet ⁷  to my taste. ⁸ 

For ¹  evil burned like a fire, ²  it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke. ³ 

“Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine? ¹ 

“Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire – so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem ¹  as fuel. ²