2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen;the majestic trees are destroyed.Wail, O oaks of Bashan,because the unassailable forest has been brought down.
3 There is the sound of wailing shepherds,because their glory is ruined.There is the sound of roaring lions,because the pride of Jordan is ruined.
4 Thus says the Lord my God: Shepherd the flock of slaughter.
5 The ones who buy them then slaughter them and have no guilt, and those who sell them say, “Blessed is the Lord because I am rich.” Their own shepherds do not take pity on them.
6 For I will no longer have pity on those who dwell in the land, says the Lord. But I will cause each of them to fall into the hands of his neighbor, even into the hands of his king. They will crush the land, and I will not deliver any from their hands.
7 So I shepherded the flock that was for slaughter, even the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs. One I called Favor and the other I gave the name Union. So I pastured the flock.
8 I destroyed the three shepherds in the span of one month.For my soul was impatient with them, and their souls detested me.