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The Doomed Flock
Open your doors, O Lebanon,
That a fire may feed on your cedars.
Open your doors, O Lebanon,
That a fire may feed on your cedars.
Open your doors, Lebanon,
so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the impenetrable forest has come down.
Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the impenetrable forest has come down.
Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars;
the most majestic ones have fallen.
Weep, you oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forests have been cut down.
the most majestic ones have fallen.
Weep, you oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forests have been cut down.
There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,
For their glory is ruined;
There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,
For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
For their glory is ruined;
There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,
For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,
for their rich pastures are destroyed.
Hear the young lions roaring,
for their thickets in the Jordan Valley are ruined.
for their rich pastures are destroyed.
Hear the young lions roaring,
for their thickets in the Jordan Valley are ruined.
Thus says the LORD my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.
The Good and Evil Shepherds
This is what the LORD my God says: “Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.
“Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished, and each of those who sell them says, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I have become rich!’ And their own shepherds have no pity on them.
The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say, ‘Praise the LORD! Now I’m rich!’ Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.
“For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD; “but behold, I will cause the men to fall, each into another’s power and into the power of his king; and they will strike the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.”
Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” says the LORD. “I will let them fall into each other’s hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them.”
So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.
So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter — the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd’s staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.
Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.
I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month.
But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.
But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.
Then I said, “I will not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be annihilated, let it be annihilated; and let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”
So I told them, “I won’t be your shepherd any longer. If you die, you die. If you are killed, you are killed. And let those who remain devour each other!”
I took my staff Favor and cut it in pieces, to break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
Then I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, showing that I had revoked the covenant I had made with all the nations.
So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the LORD.
That was the end of my covenant with them. The suffering flock was watching me, and they knew that the LORD was speaking through my actions.
I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!” So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages.
And I said to them, “If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.” So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
Then the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them.” So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Then I took my other staff, Union, and cut it in two, showing that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.
The LORD said to me, “Take again for yourself the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
Then the LORD said to me, “Go again and play the part of a worthless shepherd.
“For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or sustain the one standing, but will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs.
This illustrates how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for those who are dying, nor look after the young, nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.
“Woe to the worthless shepherd
Who leaves the flock!
A sword will be on his arm
And on his right eye!
His arm will be totally withered
And his right eye will be blind.”
Who leaves the flock!
A sword will be on his arm
And on his right eye!
His arm will be totally withered
And his right eye will be blind.”
“What sorrow awaits this worthless shepherd
who abandons the flock!
The sword will cut his arm
and pierce his right eye.
His arm will become useless,
and his right eye completely blind.”
who abandons the flock!
The sword will cut his arm
and pierce his right eye.
His arm will become useless,
and his right eye completely blind.”