Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 11:1

1 OPen thy doors, O Lebanon , that the fire may devour thy cedars .

Either the Temple because built with Cedars of Lebanon, so the Temple is called, Ezek. 17.3. and Hab. 2.17. Or Ierusalem, or Iudaea whose boundary Northward this Mountain was, if all these do not fully suit with the Text and Context, perhaps this added may. Lebanon a high and great Mountain boundary between Iudaea and its Neighbours on the North, is here spoken to open its Gates, its Fortifications raised to secure the passages which through the hollownesses of the Mountain, the deep, and dismal straits lead into Iudaea, and would be first attempted by the Enemy that first invades the Northern parts of Iudaea. These Garri[illegible: 1 letter]ons or Fortresses are foretold like to be easily taken as if they opened of themselves and the Romans would have easy entrance by this means into Iudaea.

Either figuratively the rage of the Enemy, or the wrath of God, or literally Fire by the Enemy kindled in the Houses and Buildings in Iudaea, and in Lebanon it self.

Palaces built with Cedars, or else figuratively Nobles, Princes, and eminent Men.

This Chapter is Minatory and foretells the ruine of Ierusalem and the Temple, this second Temple by the Romans, and the captivity of Jews under them for their rejecting of Christ, so the times of this chapter must be laid about the death of Christ and downwards.