Israel’s Shepherds: Good and Bad

11 Open your gates, Lebanon,
and fire will consume your cedars.(A)
Wail, cypress,(B) for the cedar has fallen;
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,(C)
for the stately forest has fallen!
Listen to the wail(D) of the shepherds,
for their glory is destroyed.
Listen to the roar of young lions,(E)
for the thickets of the Jordan(F) are[a] destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:3 Lit for the majesty of the Jordan is

Destruction of Lebanon and Bashan

11 Open your doors, Lebanon,
    and fire will consume your cedars.[a]
Wail, cypress tree,
    for the cedar has fallen
        while the stately trees are destroyed.
Wail, oak trees of Bashan,
    for the old growth forest has been cut down.
Hear[b] the wailing of the shepherds,
    for the magnificence of the forest[c] is ruined!
Hear[d] the roar of the lions,
    for the Jordan’s arrogance is ruined!

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:1 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the chapter
  2. Zechariah 11:3 The Heb. lacks Hear
  3. Zechariah 11:3 The Heb. lacks of the forest
  4. Zechariah 11:3 The Heb. lacks Hear