open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
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.
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.
thus saith the LORD my God; feed the flock of the slaughter;
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.
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].
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.
three shepherds also I cut off in one month; And my soul loathed them, And their soul also abhorred me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, [ even] bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah And Israel.
And the LORD said unto me, take unto thee yet the instruments of A foolish Shepherd.
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.
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.