Forests: Bashan

…against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!