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Open your doors, Lebanon,
so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
The Flock Doomed to Slaughter
Open your doors, O Lebanon,
that the fire may devour your cedars!
Open your doors, O Lebanon,
that the fire may devour your cedars!
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.
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!
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
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.
The sound of the wail of the shepherds,
for their glory is ruined!
The sound of the roar of the lions,
for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
for their glory is ruined!
The sound of the roar of the lions,
for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
The Good and Evil Shepherds
This is what the LORD my God says: “Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.
Thus said the Lord my God: “Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.
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.
Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, I have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them.
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.”
For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the Lord. Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbor, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand.”
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.
So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named Favor, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep.
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.
In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
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!”
So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another.”
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.
And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
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.
So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.
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 I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver.
Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter” — the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter.
Then I took my other staff, Union, and cut it in two, showing that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.
Then I broke my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Then the LORD said to me, “Go again and play the part of a worthless shepherd.
Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
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.
For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.
“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.”
“Woe to my worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and his right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and his right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”