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Weep and wail, cypress trees—
    the cedars have fallen;
    those glorious trees have been destroyed!
Weep and wail, oaks of Bashan—
    the dense forest has been cut down!
The rulers cry out in grief;
    their glory is gone!
Listen to the roaring of the lions;
    their forest home along the Jordan is destroyed!

The Two Shepherds

The Lord my God said to me, “Act the part of the shepherd[a] of a flock of sheep that are going to be butchered.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:4 Shepherd is used here as a symbol of a king or leader, and sheep as symbols of his people or followers.

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