Zechariah 11:3

Hear the sound of the wailing of the ro'im (shepherds); 1 for their glory is destroyed; 1 the sound of the roaring of young lions; 1 for the ga'on of the Yarden (Jordan) is laid waste.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

In Context

2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar is fallen; 1 the mighty is despoiled; 1 wail, O ye oaks of Bashan; 1 for the dense forest is toppled. 1

4Thus Hashem Elohai said: Shepherd the tzon haharegah (the flock marked for slaughter);

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Cross References

Psalms 22:21Deliver my nefesh from the cherev, 1 my yechid (only one, only) [nefesh] from the power of the kelev (dog). 1

Jeremiah 2:15The young lions roared upon him, and growled, 1 and they made his + 2:15 Israelʼs Eretz waste; 1 his towns are burned without inhabitant. 1

Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in divrei hasheker (lying words, words of falsehood), saying, This is the Heikhal Hashem, the Heikhal Hashem, the Heikhal Hashem.

Jeremiah 25:34Wail, ye ro'im (shepherds), and weep; 1 and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye leaders of the tzon; 1 for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; 1 and ye shall fall like a precious pottery vessel. 1

Jeremiah 26:6Then will I make this Bais like Shiloh, and will make this city a kelalah (curse) to all the Goyim of Ha'Aretz.

Jeremiah 50:44Hinei, like an aryeh (lion) coming up from the thicket of the Yarden unto perennial pastures, I will make them suddenly run away from her; and who is the Bachur (Chosen One) that over her I will appoint? For who is like Me? And who can arraign Me? And who is that Ro'eh that will stand before Me?

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:2-4

Destruction of the Jewish State. ( b. c. 510.) 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. 3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. In dark and figurative expressions, as is usual in the scripture predictions of things at a great… Read the whole commentary →

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