New International Version

Zechariah 11:1-4 New International Version (NIV)

1. Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!

2. Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down!

3. Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Listen to the roar of the lions; the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!

4. This is what the Lord my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.