<h3>Desolation of Israel</h3>11 <poetry>Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars. </poetry> 2 <poetry>Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the thick forest has come down. </poetry> 3 <poetry>There is the sound of wailing shepherds! For their glory is in ruins. There is the sound of roaring lions! For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins.</poetry> <h3>Prophecy of the Shepherds</h3> 4 Thus says the Lord my God, “Feed the flock for slaughter, 5 whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt; those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do not pity them. 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.” 7 So I fed the flock for slaughter, in particular the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock. 8 I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then I said, “I will not feed you. Let what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.” 10 And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was broken on that day. Thus the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord. 12 Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter. 14 Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. 15 And the Lord said to me, “Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd. 16 For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces.<poetry> 17 <poetry>“Woe to the worthless shepherd, Who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm And against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”</poetry>

Zechariah 11:1

Open <cr>1</cr>your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars.

Wail, O cypress, for the <cr>1</cr>cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, <cr>2</cr>For the thick forest has come down.

Zechariah 11:2

There is the sound of wailing <cr>1</cr>shepherds! For their glory is in ruins. There is the sound of roaring lions! For the <ft>1</ft>pride of the Jordan is in ruins.

Zechariah 11:3

Zechariah 11:4

Thus says the Lord my God, “Feed the flock for slaughter, 

whose owners slaughter them and <cr>1</cr>feel no guilt; those who sell them <cr>2</cr>say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do <cr>3</cr>not pity them.

Zechariah 11:5

For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall <ft>1</ft>attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”

Zechariah 11:6

So I fed the flock for slaughter, <ft>1</ft>in particular <cr>1</cr>the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called <ft>2</ft>Beauty, and the other I called <ft>3</ft>Bonds; and I fed the flock.

Zechariah 11:7

I <ft>1</ft>dismissed the three shepherds <cr>1</cr>in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

Zechariah 11:8

Then I said, “I will not feed you. <cr>1</cr>Let what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.”

Zechariah 11:9

And I took my staff, <ft>1</ft>Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

Zechariah 11:10

So it was broken on that day. Thus <cr>1</cr>the<ft>1</ft> poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:11

Then I said to them, “If it is <ft>1</ft>agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they <cr>1</cr>weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

Zechariah 11:12

And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the <cr>1</cr>potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.

Zechariah 11:13

Then I cut in two my other staff, <ft>1</ft>Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Zechariah 11:14

And the Lord said to me, <cr>1</cr>“Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 11:15

For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in <cr>1</cr>pieces.<pb/><poetry>

Zechariah 11:16

“Woe<cr>1</cr> to the worthless shepherd, Who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm And against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”

Zechariah 11:17

 1 Open  your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars.  2 Wail, O cypress, for the  cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan,  For the thick forest has come down.  3 There is the sound of wailing  shepherds! For their glory is in ruins. There is the sound of roaring lions! For the  pride of the Jordan is in ruins. 4 Thus says the Lord my God, “Feed the flock for slaughter,  5 whose owners slaughter them and  feel no guilt; those who sell them  say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do  not pity them.  6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall  attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.” 7 So I fed the flock for slaughter,  in particular  the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called  Beauty, and the other I called  Bonds; and I fed the flock.  8 I  dismissed the three shepherds  in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.  9 Then I said, “I will not feed you.  Let what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.”  10 And I took my staff,  Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.  11 So it was broken on that day. Thus  the  poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.  12 Then I said to them, “If it is  agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they  weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the  potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.  14 Then I cut in two my other staff,  Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. 15 And the Lord said to me,  “Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.  16 For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in  pieces.  17 “Woe  to the worthless shepherd, Who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm And against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”

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