Hark! The outcry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock! For Adonai is ravaging their pasture.
Let a cry be heard from their houses when suddenly You bring a troop on them. For they dug a pit to capture me, and hid snares for my feet.
Wail, you shepherds, and cry! Wallow in the dust, you leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are full. You will fall like a precious vase.
For the shepherds will have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
The peace of the pasture is stifled because of the fierce anger of Adonai.
Therefore, put on sackcloth— lament and wail! For the fierce anger of Adonai has not turned away from us.”
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed! Listen to the roaring of young lions, for Jordan’s thickets are ruined!