1 Open your gates, Lebanon,so that the fire may consume your cedars.
2 Howl, fir tree,because the cedar has fallen;the majestic trees have been destroyed.Howl, oaks of Bashan,because the impenetrable forest has fallen.
3 Listen to the howling of shepherds,because their magnificence has been destroyed.Listen to the roaring of young lions,because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.
4 The Lord my God says this: “Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.
5 Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich.’ Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.