The Doomed Flock

11 Open your doors, Lebanon,

So that a (A)fire may feed on your (B)cedars.
Wail, juniper, because the cedar has fallen,
For the magnificent trees have been destroyed;
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
Because the [a]impenetrable forest has come down.
There is a sound of the shepherds’ (C)wail,
For their splendor is ruined;
There is a (D)sound of the young lions’ roar,
For the [b]pride of the Jordan is ruined.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:2 Another reading is forest of the vintage
  2. Zechariah 11:3 Or thicket

11 Open your doors, O Lebanon,
that the fire may devour your cedars!
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
    for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
    for the thick forest has been felled!
Hark, the wail of the shepherds,
    for their glory is despoiled!
Hark, the roar of the lions,
    for the jungle of the Jordan is laid waste!

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