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1. Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars!
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1. Open H6605 thy doors H1817 , O Lebanon H3844 , that the fire H784 may devour H398 thy cedars H730 .
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2. Wail, you cypress trees, for the cedars are fallen, the mighty have been despoiled. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the impenetrable forest is cut down!
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2. Howl H3213 , fir tree H1265 ; for H3588 the cedar H730 is fallen H5307 ; because H834 the mighty H117 are spoiled H7703 : howl H3213 , O ye oaks H437 of Bashan H1316 ; for H3588 the forest H3293 of the vintage H1208 is come down H3381 .
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3. Hark! the wailing of the shepherds, their glory has been ruined. Hark! the roaring of the young lions, the jungle of the Jordan is laid waste.
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3. There is a voice H6963 of the howling H3215 of the shepherds H7462 ; for H3588 their glory H155 is spoiled H7703 : a voice H6963 of the roaring H7581 of young lions H3715 ; for H3588 the pride H1347 of Jordan H3383 is spoiled H7703 .
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4. Thus said the LORD, my God: Shepherd the flock to be slaughtered.
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4. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 my God H430 ; Feed H7462 H853 the flock H6629 of the slaughter H2028 ;
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5. For they who buy them slay them with impunity; while those who sell them say, "Blessed be the LORD, I have become rich!" Even their own shepherds do not feel for them.
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5. Whose H834 possessors H7069 slay H2026 them , and hold themselves not guilty H816 H3808 : and they that sell H4376 them say H559 , Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 ; for I am rich H6238 : and their own shepherds H7462 pity H2550 H5921 them not H3808 .
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6. (Nor shall I spare the inhabitants of the earth any more, says the LORD. Yes, I will deliver each of them into the power of his neighbor, or into the power of his king; they shall crush the earth, and I will not deliver it out of their power.)
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6. For H3588 I will no H3808 more H5750 pity H2550 H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : but, lo H2009 , I H595 will deliver H4672 H853 the men H120 every one H376 into his neighbor H7453 's hand H3027 , and into the hand H3027 of his king H4428 : and they shall smite H3807 H853 the land H776 , and out of their hand H4480 H3027 I will not H3808 deliver H5337 them .
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7. So I became the shepherd of the flock to be slaughtered for the sheep merchants. I took two staffs, one of which I called "Favor," and the other, "Bonds," and I fed the flock.
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7. And I will feed H7462 H853 the flock H6629 of slaughter H2028 , even you , O poor H6041 of the flock H6629 . And I took H3947 unto me two H8147 staves H4731 ; the one H259 I called H7121 Beauty H5278 , and the other H259 I called H7121 Bands H2256 ; and I fed H7462 H853 the flock H6629 .
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8. In a single month I did away with the three shepherds. I wearied of them, and they behaved badly toward me.
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8. H853 Three H7969 shepherds H7462 also I cut off H3582 in one H259 month H3391 ; and my soul H5315 loathed H7114 them , and their soul H5315 also H1571 abhorred H973 me.
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9. "I will not feed you," I said. "What is to die, let it die; what is to perish, let it perish, and let those that are left devour one another's flesh."
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9. Then said H559 I , I will not H3808 feed H7462 you : that that dieth H4191 , let it die H4191 ; and that that is to be cut off H3582 , let it be cut off H3582 ; and let the rest H7604 eat H398 every one H802 H853 the flesh H1320 of another H7468 .
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10. Then I took my staff "Favor" and snapped it asunder, breaking off the covenant which I had made with all peoples;
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10. And I took H3947 H853 my staff H4731 , even H853 Beauty H5278 , and cut it asunder H1438 H853 , that I might break H6565 H853 my covenant H1285 which H834 I had made H3772 with H854 all H3605 the people H5971 .
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11. that day it was broken off. The sheep merchants who were watching me understood that this was the word of the LORD.
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11. And it was broken H6565 in that H1931 day H3117 : and so H3651 the poor H6041 of the flock H6629 that waited upon H8104 me knew H3045 that H3588 it H1931 was the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 .
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12. I said to them, "If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, let it go." And they counted out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
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12. And I said H559 unto H413 them, If H518 ye think good H2895 H5869 , give H3051 me my price H7939 ; and if H518 not H3808 , forbear H2308 . So they weighed for H8254 H853 my price H7939 thirty H7970 pieces of silver H3701 .
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13. But the LORD said to me, "Throw it in the treasury, the handsome price at which they valued me." So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the treasury in the house of the LORD.
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13. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me, Cast H7993 it unto H413 the potter H3335 : a goodly H145 price H3366 that H834 I was prised at H3365 of H4480 H5921 them . And I took H3947 the thirty H7970 pieces of silver H3701 , and cast H7993 them to H413 the potter H3335 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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14. Then I snapped asunder my other staff, "Bonds," breaking off the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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14. Then I cut asunder H1438 H853 mine other H8145 staff H4731 , H853 even Bands H2256 , that I might break H6565 H853 the brotherhood H264 between H996 Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 .
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15. The LORD said to me: This time take the gear of a foolish shepherd.
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15. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me, Take H3947 unto thee yet H5750 the instruments H3627 of a foolish H196 shepherd H7462 .
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16. For I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will take no note of those that perish, nor seek the strays, nor heal the injured, nor feed what survives-- he will eat the flesh of the fat ones and tear off their hoofs!
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16. For H3588 , lo H2009 , I H595 will raise H6965 up a shepherd H7462 in the land H776 , which shall not H3808 visit H6485 those that be cut off H3582 , neither H3808 shall seek H1245 the young one H5289 , nor H3808 heal H7495 that that is broken H7665 , nor H3808 feed H3557 that that standeth still H5324 : but he shall eat H398 the flesh H1320 of the fat H1277 , and tear their claws in pieces H6561 H6541 .
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17. Woe to my foolish shepherd who forsakes the flock! May the sword fall upon his arm and upon his right eye; Let his arm wither away entirely, and his right eye be blind forever!
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17. Woe H1945 to the idol H457 shepherd H7473 that leaveth H5800 the flock H6629 ! the sword H2719 shall be upon H5921 his arm H2220 , and upon H5921 his right H3225 eye H5869 : his arm H2220 shall be clean dried up H3001 H3001 , and his right H3225 eye H5869 shall be utterly darkened H3543 H3543 .
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