12. Then I said to them, “If it’s alright with you, pay me my wages. But if it’s not, don’t.” And they paid me my wages—30 pieces of silver.
13. The Lord told me, “Give it to the potter.” So I took the 30 pieces of silver. Such a magnificent price was set by them! I gave the pieces of silver to the potter at the house of the Lord.
14. Then I broke my second staff, called Unity, in pieces, to break off the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15. Then the Lord said to me, “Use the equipment of a foolish shepherd again.
16. I’m about to place a shepherd in the land. He will not take care of those that are dying. He will not search for the young. He will not heal those that have broken their legs or support those that can still stand. But he will eat the meat of the fat animals and tear off their hoofs.
17. “How horrible it will be for the foolish shepherd who abandoned the sheep.A sword will strike his arm and his right eye.His arm will be completely withered.His right eye will be completely blind.”