GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will be able to burn down your cedars.
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Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!
2 Cry, cypress trees, because the cedars have fallen and the stately trees have been destroyed. Cry, oak trees of Bashan, because your dense forest has fallen down.
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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! The shepherds are crying, because their rich pastures are destroyed. Listen! The young lions are roaring, because the lush banks of the Jordan are destroyed.
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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: Take care of the sheep that are about to be slaughtered.
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This is what the LORD my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.
5 Those who buy them will kill them and go unpunished. Those who sell them will say, "Praise the LORD! I've become rich!" Even their own shepherds will have no pity on them.
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Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the LORD, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.
6 The LORD declares, "I will no longer have pity on those who live in the land. I am going to hand the people over to their neighbors and their king, who will crush the land. And I won't rescue any of them from their power."
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For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the LORD. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”
7 So I became the shepherd of the sheep that were to be slaughtered and also of the oppressed sheep. I took two shepherd staffs and named one Favor and the other Unity. And I took care of the sheep.
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So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.
8 I got rid of three shepherds in one month. I became impatient with the sheep, and they also became disgusted with me.
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In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them
9 So I said, "I won't be your shepherd. Let those that are dying die. Let those that are missing stay missing. And let those that are left devour each other."
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and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”
10 Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it in pieces, to break the promise that I had made to all the nations.
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Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
11 So it was broken on that day, and the oppressed among the sheep who were watching me realized that it was the word of the LORD.
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It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the LORD.
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