Open thy
doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy
cedars.
02 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen;
because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks
of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come
down.
03 There is a voice of the howling of the
shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of
the roaring of young lions; for the pride of
Jordan is spoiled.
04 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of
the slaughter;
05 Whose possessors slay them, and hold
themselves not guilty: and they that sell them
say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and
their own shepherds pity them not.
06 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the
land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the
men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into
the hand of his king: and they shall smite the
land, and out of their hand I will not deliver
them.
07 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even
you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two
staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I
called Bands; and I fed the flock.
08 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month;
and my soul lothed them, and their soul also
abhorred me.
09 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that
dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut
off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat
every one the flesh of another.
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10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it
asunder, that I might break my covenant which I
had made with all the people.
11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor
of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was
the word of the Lord.
12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give
me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed
for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the
potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of
them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and
cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even
Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between
Judah and Israel.
15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet
the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the
land, which shall not visit those that be cut
off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal
that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth
still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and
tear their claws in pieces.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the
flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon
his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up,
and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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