11 Open your doors, Lebanon,(A)
    so that fire(B) may devour your cedars!
Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
    the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(C) of Bashan;
    the dense forest(D) has been cut down!(E)
Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
    their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;(F)
    the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!(G)

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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