Listen! The cry of the shepherds and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is despoiling their pasture,
May a cry be heard from their houses when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to catch me and laid snares for my feet.
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
Flight shall fail the shepherds, and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock.
and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: “The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.”
Listen, the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is despoiled! Listen, the roar of the lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed!