Open your doors , O Lebanon , that the fire may consume your cedars !
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 !
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds , for their glory ... is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions , for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
This is what the LORD my God says : “ Pasture the flock (Mark -ed) for slaughter ,
whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say , ‘ Blessed be the LORD , for I am rich ! ’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land , declares the LORD , but behold , I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king , who will devastate - the land , and I will not deliver it from their hands. ”
So I pastured - the flock Mark -ed for slaughter , especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took two staffs , calling one Favor and the other ... Union , and I pastured - the flock.
And in one month I dismissed - three shepherds. My soul grew impatient and their souls also detested
Then I said , “ I will no longer shepherd you. - Let the dying die , and the perishing perish ; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh. ”
Next I took - my staff - called Favor and cut it in two , - revoking - the covenant - I had made with all the nations.
It was revoked on that day , and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Then I told them , “ If it seems right to you , give me my wages ; but if not , keep them. ” So they weighed out - my wages , thirty (pieces) of silver.
And the LORD said to me , “ Throw it to the potter ” — this magnificent price at which they valued me .... So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Then I cut in two - my second - staff (called) Union , breaking - the brotherhood between Judah ... and Israel.
And the LORD said to me : “ Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
For behold , I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost , nor seek the young , nor heal the broken , nor sustain the healthy , ... but he will devour the flesh of the choice (sheep) and tear off their hooves.
Woe to the worthless shepherd , who deserts the flock ! May a sword ... strike his arm ... and his right eye ! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded ... ! ”