7. So I shepherded the flock to be slaughtered for the merchants of the flock. I took two staffs: one I called Delight, and the other Union. Thus I shepherded the flock.
8. In a single month, I did away with the three shepherds, for I wearied of them, and they disdained me.
9. “I will not shepherd you,” I said. “Whoever is to die shall die; whoever is to be done away with shall be done away with; and those who are left shall devour one another’s flesh.”
10. Then I took my staff Delight and snapped it in two, breaking my covenant which I had made with all peoples.
11. So it was broken on that day. The merchants of the flock, who were watching me, understood that this was the word of the Lord.