Wail, juniper, because the cedar has fallen,
For the magnificent trees have been destroyed;
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
Because the [a]impenetrable forest has come down.
There is a sound of the shepherds’ (A)wail,
For their splendor is ruined;
There is a (B)sound of the young lions’ roar,
For the [b]pride of the Jordan is ruined.

This is what the Lord my God says: “Pasture the flock doomed to (C)slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:2 Another reading is forest of the vintage
  2. Zechariah 11:3 Or thicket

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