7. So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.
8. In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
9. Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is going astray go astray; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”
10. Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples.
11. It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
12. Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, 30 pieces of silver.
13. “Throw it to the potter,” the Lord said to me — this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the Lord, to the potter.
14. Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15. The Lord also said to me: “Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
16. I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
17. Woe to the worthless shepherdwho deserts the flock! May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm wither awayand his right eye go completely blind! ”