8. I got rid of three shepherds in one month. I became impatient with the sheep, and they also became disgusted with me.
9. So I said, “I won’t be your shepherd. Let those that are dying die. Let those that are missing stay missing. And let those that are left devour each other.”
10. Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it in pieces, to break the promise that I had made to all the nations.
11. So it was broken on that day, and the oppressed among the sheep who were watching me realized that it was the word of the Lord.
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.