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Zechariah 11:2

World English Bible

Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen,
because the stately ones are destroyed.
Wail, you oaks of Bashan,
for the strong forest has come down.

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Zechariah 11:2 in other translations

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.

Zechariah 11:2 · American Standard Version

Zechariah 11:2 in context

  1. 1Open your doors, Lebanon,
    that the fire may devour your cedars.
  2. 2Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen,
    because the stately ones are destroyed.
    Wail, you oaks of Bashan,
    for the strong forest has come down.
  3. 3A 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 ruined.
  4. 4Yahweh my God says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.