Zechariah 11 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,

Because the magnificent trees have been destroyed;

Wail, O oaks of Bashan,

For the inaccessible forest [on the steep mountainside] has come down.

There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,

For their splendor (grazing land) is ruined;

There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,

For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

Thus says the LORD my God, “Pasture the flock doomed for slaughter,

So I [Zechariah] pastured the flock doomed for slaughter, truly [as the name implies] the most miserable of sheep. And I took two [shepherd’s] staffs, the one I called Favor (Grace) and the other I called Union (Bonds); so I pastured the flock.

The LORD said to me, “Take again for yourself the equipment [of a shepherd, but this time] of a foolish shepherd.

“Woe (judgment is coming) to the worthless and foolish shepherd

Who deserts the flock!

The sword will strike his arm

And his right eye!

His arm shall be totally withered

And his right eye completely blinded.”