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Wail, cypress tree! For the cedar has fallen.
    Those majestic ones are devastated.
    Wail, oaks of Bashan!
    For the thick forest is cut down!
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,
    for their glory is destroyed!
Listen to the roaring of young lions,
    for Jordan’s thickets are ruined!

Two Staffs

Thus said Adonai my God: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter!

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Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
    the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(A) of Bashan;
    the dense forest(B) has been cut down!(C)
Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
    their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;(D)
    the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!(E)

Two Shepherds

This is what the Lord my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.(F)

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