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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

11 Open your doors, O Lebanon,

so that fire will devour your cedars!
Wail, O juniper,[a] for the cedar has fallen,
    for the magnificent trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
    for the impenetrable forest has come down!
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,
    for their splendor is ruined!
Listen to the roar of the young lions,
    for the thickets of the Jordan are ruined!

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:2 Or “cypress”