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 .