Jeremiah 22:23

The cedar paneling of the people’s houses demonstrated their trust in Lebanon, since it came from there. Their homes were like little nests made of cedar (cf. Ezekiel 13:10-15). In this sense they dwelt in Lebanon, even though their homes were in Jerusalem. Sometimes Lebanon is a metonym for Israel. Yet these comfortable surroundings would not be able to protect Jerusalem from the pain that was going to come on her, pain as excruciating and inevitable as the agony of childbirth. Jerusalem was a city in the mountain heights, figuratively enthroned in Lebanon and nested in her cedars, but God would bring her down.