10. Then I took the stick called “Favour” and broke it, to cancel the covenant which the Lord had made with all the nations.
11. So the covenant was cancelled on that day. Those who bought and sold the sheep were watching me, and they knew that the Lord was speaking through what I did.
12. I said to them, “If you are willing, give me my wages. But if not, keep them.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver as my wages.
13. The Lord said to me, “Put them in the temple treasury.” So I took the thirty pieces of silver — the magnificent sum they thought I was worth — and put them in the temple treasury.
14. Then I broke the second stick, the one called “Unity”, and the unity of Judah and Israel was shattered.
15. Then the Lord said to me, “Once again act the part of a shepherd, this time a worthless one.
16. I have put a shepherd in charge of my flock, but he does not help the sheep that are threatened by destruction; nor does he look for the lost, or heal those that are hurt, or feed the healthy. Instead, he eats the meat of the fattest sheep and tears off their hoofs.
17. That worthless shepherd is doomed! He has abandoned his flock. War will totally destroy his power. His arm will wither, and his right eye will go blind.”