32. “Thus says the Lord of hosts:Behold, disaster is going forthfrom nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth!
33. “And those pierced by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
34. “Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
35. No refuge will remain for the shepherds,nor escape for the lords of the flock.
36. A voice—the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock!For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,
37. and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38. Like a lion he has left his lair,for their land has become a wastebecause of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.”