Open your doors
, O Lebanon
, That a afire
may feed
on your bcedars
.
Wail, O 1cypress
, for the cedar
has fallen
, Because
the glorious
trees have been destroyed
; Wail
, O oaks
of Bashan
, For the 2impenetrable
forest
has come
down
.
There is a sound of the shepherds'
awail
, For their glory
is ruined
; There is a bsound
of the young
lions'
roar
, For the 1pride
of the Jordan
is ruined
.
Thus says
the LORD
my God
, "Pasture
the flock
doomed to aslaughter
.
"Those who buy
them slay
them and 1go
aunpunished
, and each of those who sell
them says
, `Blessed
be the LORD
, for bI have become
rich
!' And their cown shepherds
have
no
pity
on them.
"For I will ano longer
have
pity
on the inhabitants
of the land
," declares
the LORD
; "but behold
, I will bcause the men
to 1fall
, each
into another's
2power
and into the 2power
of his king
; and they will strike
the land
, and I will cnot deliver
them from their 2power
."
So I apastured the flock
doomed to slaughter
, 1hence
the bafflicted
of the flock
. And I took
for myself two
cstaffs
: the one
I called
2 dFavor
and the other
I called
3 eUnion
; so I pastured
the flock
.
Then I annihilated the three
shepherds
in aone
month
, for my soul
was impatient
with them, and their soul
also
1was weary
of me.
Then I said, "I will not pasture
you. What is to adie
, 1let it die
, and what is to be annihilated
, 2let it be annihilated
; and 3let those who are left
eat
one
another's
flesh
."
I took my staff
1 aFavor
and cut
it in pieces
, to 2 bbreak
my covenant
which
I had made
with all
the peoples
.
So it was 1broken on that day
, and 2thus
the aafflicted
of the flock
who were watching
me realized
that it was the word
of the LORD
.
I said to them, "If
it is good
in your sight
, give
me my awages
; but if
not, 1never
mind
!" So they weighed
out bthirty
shekels of silver
as my wages
.
Then the LORD said
to me, "Throw
it to the apotter
, that magnificent
price
at which
I was valued
by them." So I took
the thirty
shekels of silver
and threw
them to the potter
in the house
of the LORD
.
Then I cut in pieces
my second
staff
1 aUnion
, to bbreak
the brotherhood
between
Judah
and Israel
.
The LORD said
to me, "Take
again
for yourself the equipment
of a 1 afoolish
shepherd
.
"For behold, I am going to raise
up a shepherd
in the land
who will anot care
for the perishing
, seek
the scattered
, heal
the broken
, or sustain
the one standing
, but will bdevour
the flesh
of the fat
sheep and tear
off
their hoofs
.
" aWoe to the worthless
shepherd
Who leaves
the flock
! A bsword
will be on his arm
And on his right
eye
! His carm
will be totally
withered
And his right
eye
will be 1blind
."