² Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the ^[a]goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the ^[b]strong forest is come down. ³ 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 laid waste.

⁴ Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;