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.
15. Again the Lord said to me, “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
16. Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
17. Woe to the worthless shepherdwho abandons the flock!May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye!May his arm wither completely away,and his right eye become completely blind!”