4 This is what the Lord my God says:Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.
5 Those who buy them will kill them,but they will go unpunished.Those who sell them will say,"Blessed is the Lord, for I have become rich."And their own shepherds won’t spare them.
6 In fact, I will no longer spare the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord.But look what I am about to bring upon humanity,upon each of them by their neighbor’s hand and by the hand of their king:They will beat the land to pieces,but I won’t rescue anyone from their hand.
7 So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter,the afflicted of the flock.I took two staffs for myself.I named one Delight;the other I named Harmony.I shepherded the flock.
8 I removed three shepherds in one monthwhen I grew impatient with them.Moreover, they detested me.
9 Then I said, "I won’t shepherd you.Let the dying die,and let what is to be removed be removed.Let those who are left devour the flesh of their neighbor."
10 Then I took the staff Delight,and I chopped it up in order to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.