7. So I shepherded the flock meant for slaughter, the truly poor of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs, the one I called Pleasantness, and the other I called Unity, and I shepherded the flock.
8. Then I sent off the three shepherds in one month, for my being despised them, and their being also loathed me.
9. So I said, “I am not shepherding you. Let the dying die, and the straying stray, and let those who are left eat each other’s flesh.”
10. And I took my staff, Pleasantness, and cut it in two, to break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
11. So it was broken on that day. And the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of יהוה.
12. And I said to them, “If it is good in your eyes, give me my wages. And if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
13. And יהוה said to me, “Throw it to the potter,” the splendid price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the House of יהוה for the potter.