1 Open your doors, Lebanon,so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
2 Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars;the most majestic ones have fallen.Weep, you oaks of Bashan,for the thick forests have been cut down.
3 Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,for their rich pastures are destroyed.Hear the young lions roaring,for their thickets in the Jordan Valley are ruined.
4 This is what the lord my God says: “Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.
5 The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say, ‘Praise the lord! Now I’m rich!’ Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.