9. I then said, “I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other’s flesh!”
10. Then I took my staff “Pleasantness” and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people.
11. So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord.
12. Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it.” So they weighed out my payment – thirty pieces of silver.
13. The Lord then said to me, “Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the Lord.
14. Then I cut the second staff “Binders” in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.