6. Therefore I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord; but, behold, I will deliver the men each one into his neighbour’s hand and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and I will not deliver them out of their hands.
7. And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. For I took unto me two staves: the one I named Beauty, and the other Bands; and I fed the flock.
8. I also cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul was in anguish for them, and their soul also abhorred me.
9. Then I said, I will not feed you any longer; the one that dies, let it die; and the one that is to be lost, let it be lost; and let the rest eat each one the flesh of another.
10. And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
11. And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that look unto me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
12. And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my wages; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
13. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the treasury: a goodly price that I was appraised at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them in the house of the Lord unto the treasury.
14. Then I cut asunder my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15. And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.