The sound of (A)the wail of (B)the shepherds,
    for their glory is ruined!
The sound of the roar of (C)the lions,
    (D)for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!

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Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
    their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;(A)
    the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!(B)

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16 For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd (A)who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but (B)devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.

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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.

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(A)“My anger is hot against the shepherds,
    and (B)I will punish the leaders;[a]
for (C)the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
    and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:3 Hebrew the male goats

“My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;(A)
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.(B)

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Message to the Sons of Josiah

11 For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and (A)who went away from this place: “He shall return here no more,

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11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum[a](A) son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:11 Also called Jehoahaz

18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

(A)“They shall not lament for him, saying,
    (B)‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
    (C)‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’

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18 Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

“They will not mourn(A) for him:
    ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
    ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

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24 (A)“As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were (B)the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off

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24 “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin[a](A) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring(B) on my right hand, I would still pull you off.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:24 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28