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Israel’s Shepherds: Good and Bad

11Open your gates, Lebanon,

and fire will consume your cedars. d

2Wail, cypress, efor the cedar has fallen;

the glorious trees are destroyed!

Wail, oaks of Bashan, f

for the stately forest has fallen!

3Listen to the wail gof the shepherds, h

for their glory is destroyed. i

Listen to the roar of young lions, j

for the thickets of the Jordan kare ldestroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. l11:3 for the majesty of the Jordan is

Cross references

  1. d11:1 Jdg 9:15; 2Kg 19:23; Ps 29:5; Sg 5:15; Is 2:13
  2. e11:2 Is 14:8
  3. f11:2 Is 2:13; Ezk 27:6
  4. g11:3 Is 15:8; Zph 1:10
  5. h11:3 Zch 10:2–3
  6. i11:3 Zch 10:2–3
  7. j11:3 Jb 4:10; Ps 34:10; Is 5:29; Nah 2:11
  8. k11:3 Jr 49:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Open your doors, O Lebanon,

that the fire may devour your cedars!

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,

for the glorious trees are ruined!

Wail, oaks of Bashan,

for the thick forest has been felled!

The sound of the wail of the shepherds,

for their glory is ruined!

The sound of the roar of the lions,

for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Open your doors, Lebanon,

so that fire may devour your cedars!

Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;

the stately trees are ruined!

Wail, oaks of Bashan;

the dense forest has been cut down!

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!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Open your gates, Lebanon,

and fire will consume your cedars.

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;

the glorious trees are destroyed!

Wail, oaks of Bashan,

for the stately forest has fallen!

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

Open your doors, Lebanon,

so that fire may devour your cedar forests.

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.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Open your doors, O Lebanon,

so that fire will devour your cedars!

Wail, O juniper, for the cedar has fallen,

for the magnificent trees are ruined!

Wail, oaks of Bashan,

for the impenetrable forest has come down!

Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,

for their splendor is ruined!

Listen to the roar of the young lions,

for the thickets of the Jordan are ruined!

KJV 1900King James Version

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled:

Howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled:

A voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.