• he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon (14:5); • his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon (14:6); • their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon (14:7). The ESV and NIV add the words ‘trees’ or ‘a cedar’ in verse 5 and the NIV adds a ‘cedar’ in verse 6. But literally it is ‘he shall take root like Lebanon’ and ‘his fragrance like Lebanon’. The focus is on Lebanon itself. The reason is that Baal worship came from Lebanon. It was introduced to Israel through Jezebel,
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