¹⁶ “Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.
You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
    and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’^(A)

11 Open your doors, O Lebanon,
    so that fire may devour your cedars!^(A)
2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
    for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
    for the thick forest has been felled!^(B)

⁶ “Do not preach”—thus they preach—
    “one should not preach of such things;
    disgrace will not overtake us.”^(A)

Through a land of trouble and distress,
    of lioness and roaring^[a] lion,
    of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys
    and their treasures on the humps of camels
    to a people that cannot profit them.^(A)