7. So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter,the afflicted of the flock.I took two staffs for myself.I named one Delight;the other I named Harmony.I shepherded the flock.
8. I removed three shepherds in one monthwhen I grew impatient with them.Moreover, they detested me.
9. Then I said, "I won’t shepherd you.Let the dying die,and let what is to be removed be removed.Let those who are left devour the flesh of their neighbor."
10. Then I took the staff Delight,and I chopped it up in order to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
11. It was broken on that day.As a result, the afflicted of the flock knew that it was the Lord’s word.
12. And I said to them,"If it appears good to you, give me my wages;but if not, then stop."So they weighed out my wages, thirty shekels of silver.
13. The Lord said to me,"Put it in the treasury.They value me at too magnificent a price."So I took the thirty shekels of silverand put them in the treasury of the Lord’s house.
14. Then I chopped up my second staff Harmony,to break the alliance between Judah and Israel.
15. Then the Lord said to me,"Take for yourself again the equipment of a foolish shepherd,