1 Open your gates, Lebanon,and fire will consume your cedars.
2 Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;the glorious trees are destroyed!Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the stately forest has fallen!
3 Listen to the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed.Listen to the roar of young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
4 Yahweh my God says this: “Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.