1 aperi Libane portas tuas et comedat ignis cedros tuas
2 ulula abies quia cecidit cedrus quoniam magnifici vastati sunt
ululate quercus Basan quoniam succisus est saltus munitus
3 vox ululatus pastorum quia vastata est magnificentia eorum
vox rugitus leonum quoniam vastata est superbia Iordanis
4 haec dicit Dominus Deus meus pasce pecora occisionis
5 quae qui possederant occidebant et non dolebant
et vendebant ea dicentes
benedictus Dominus divites facti sumus
et pastores eorum non parcebant eis
6 et ego non parcam ultra super habitantes terram dicit Dominus
ecce ego tradam homines
unumquemque in manu proximi sui et in manu regis sui
et concident terram et non eruam de manu eorum
7 et pascam pecus occisionis propter hoc o pauperes gregis
et adsumpsi mihi duas virgas
unam vocavi Decorem et alteram vocavi Funiculos
et pavi gregem
8 et succidi tres pastores in mense uno
et contracta est anima mea in eis
siquidem anima eorum variavit in me
9 et dixi non pascam vos
quod moritur moriatur et quod succiditur succidatur
et reliqui vorent unusquisque carnem proximi sui
10 et tuli virgam meam quae vocabatur Decus et abscidi eam
ut irritum facerem foedus meum
quod percussi cum omnibus populis
11 et in irritum deductum est in die illa
et cognoverunt sic pauperes gregis qui custodiunt mihi
quia verbum Domini est
12 et dixi ad eos
si bonum est in oculis vestris adferte mercedem meam
et si non quiescite
et adpenderunt mercedem meam triginta argenteos
13 et dixit Dominus ad me proice illud ad statuarium
decorum pretium quod adpretiatus sum ab eis
et tuli triginta argenteos
et proieci illos in domo Domini ad statuarium
14 et praecidi virgam meam secundam quae appellabatur Funiculus
ut dissolverem germanitatem inter Iudam et inter Israhel
15 et dixit Dominus ad me adhuc sume tibi vasa pastoris stulti
16 quia ecce ego suscitabo pastorem in terra
qui derelicta non visitabit dispersum non quaeret
et contritum non sanabit et id quod stat non enutriet
et carnes pinguium comedet et ungulas eorum dissolvet
17 o pastor et idolum derelinquens gregem
gladius super brachium eius et super oculum dextrum eius
brachium eius ariditate siccabitur
et oculus dexter eius tenebrescens obscurabitur
1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 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.
3 ¶ 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.
4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them . 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
10 ¶ And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 ¶ And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.