Matthew Henry Commentary Zechariah 11:1-3

"Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 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. A 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 laid waste." — Zechariah 11:1-3 (ASV)

In figurative expressions, that destruction of Jerusalem, and of the Jewish church and nation, is foretold, which our Lord Jesus, when the time was at hand, prophesied plainly and expressly. How can the fir trees stand if the cedars fall? The falls of the wise and good into sin, and the falls of the rich and great into trouble, are loud alarms to those inferior to them in every way. It is sad for a people when those who should be shepherds to them are like young lions. The pride of Jordan was the thickets on its banks; and when the river overflowed its banks, lions came up from them roaring. Thus, the doom of Jerusalem may alarm other churches.