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11 Open your doors, Lebanon,
    that the fire may devour your cedars.
Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen,
    because the stately ones are destroyed.
Wail, you oaks of Bashan,
    for the strong forest has come down.
A voice of the wailing of the shepherds!
    For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions!
    For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

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Desolation of Israel

11 Open (A)your doors, O Lebanon,
That fire may devour your cedars.
Wail, O cypress, for the (B)cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
(C)For the thick forest has come down.
There is the sound of wailing (D)shepherds!
For their glory is in ruins.
There is the sound of roaring lions!
For the [a]pride of the Jordan is in ruins.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:3 Or floodplain, thicket

11 Open your doors, Lebanon,(A)
    so that fire(B) may devour your cedars!
Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
    the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(C) of Bashan;
    the dense forest(D) has been cut down!(E)
Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
    their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;(F)
    the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!(G)

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