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Wail, O juniper,[a] for the cedar has fallen,
    for the magnificent trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
    for the impenetrable forest has come down!
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,
    for their splendor is ruined!
Listen to the roar of the young lions,
    for the thickets of the Jordan are ruined!

The Two Shepherds

Thus says Yahweh my God: “Shepherd the flock[b] doomed to slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:2 Or “cypress”
  2. Zechariah 11:4 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)