1 Abre, ó Líbano, as tuas portas, para que o fogo consuma os teus cedros. 2 Geme, ó cipreste, porque os cedros caíram, porque as mais excelentes árvores são destruídas; gemei, ó carvalhos de Basã, porque o denso bosque foi derribado. 3 Eis o uivo dos pastores, porque a sua glória é destruída! Eis o bramido dos filhos de leões, porque foi destruída a soberba do Jordão!

4 Assim diz o Senhor, meu Deus: Apascenta as ovelhas destinadas para a matança. 5 Aqueles que as compram matam-nas e não são punidos; os que as vendem dizem: Louvado seja o Senhor, porque me tornei rico; e os seus pastores não se compadecem delas. 6 Certamente, já não terei piedade dos moradores desta terra, diz o Senhor; eis, porém, que entregarei os homens, cada um nas mãos do seu próximo e nas mãos do seu rei; eles ferirão a terra, e eu não os livrarei das mãos deles.

7 Apascentai, pois, as ovelhas destinadas para a matança, as pobres ovelhas do rebanho. Tomei para mim duas varas: a uma chamei Graça, e à outra, União; e apascentei as ovelhas. 8 Dei cabo dos três pastores num mês. Então, perdi a paciência com as ovelhas, e também elas estavam cansadas de mim. 9 Então, disse eu: não vos apascentarei; o que quer morrer, morra, o que quer ser destruído, seja, e os que restarem, coma cada um a carne do seu próximo. 10 Tomei a vara chamada Graça e a quebrei, para anular a minha aliança, que eu fizera com todos os povos. 11 Foi, pois, anulada naquele dia; e as pobres do rebanho, que fizeram caso de mim, reconheceram que isto era palavra do Senhor. 12 Eu lhes disse: se vos parece bem, dai-me o meu salário; e, se não, deixai-o. Pesaram, pois, por meu salário trinta moedas de prata. 13 Então, o Senhor me disse: Arroja isso ao oleiro, esse magnífico preço em que fui avaliado por eles. Tomei as trinta moedas de prata e as arrojei ao oleiro, na Casa do Senhor. 14 Então, quebrei a segunda vara, chamada União, para romper a irmandade entre Judá e Israel.

15 O Senhor me disse: Toma ainda os petrechos de um pastor insensato, 16 porque eis que suscitarei um pastor na terra, o qual não cuidará das que estão perecendo, não buscará a desgarrada, não curará a que foi ferida, nem apascentará a sã; mas comerá a carne das gordas e lhes arrancará até as unhas. 17 Ai do pastor inútil, que abandona o rebanho! A espada lhe cairá sobre o braço e sobre o olho direito; o braço, completamente, se lhe secará, e o olho direito, de todo, se escurecerá.

1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down. 3 A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

4 Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter; 5 whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor’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 So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the 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 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me. 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another. 10 And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples. 11 And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah. 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver. 13 And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah. 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces. 17 Woe to the worthless 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.

1 Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!

2 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 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: "Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.

5 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 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 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 In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them

9 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, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

11 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.

12 I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter" —the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the LORD.

14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.

15 Then the LORD said to me, "Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

16 For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the choice sheep, tearing off their hooves.

17 "Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered, his right eye totally blinded!"