5 Their buyers slay them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be Adonai, for I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.
6 I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land”—it is a declaration of Adonai. “Behold, I will hand everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”
7 So I pastured the flock for the slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took two staffs—one I called Favor and the other I called Union—and I pastured the flock.
8 Next I disposed of the three shepherds in one month—for my soul was impatient with them and their soul also detested me.
9 Then I said, “I will not shepherd you! Let the dying die, let the perishing perish, and let those who are left eat one another’s flesh!”
10 So I took my staff called Favor and broke it to pieces, in order to break my covenant that I made with all people.
11 It was broken on that day. The afflicted of the flock that were watching me knew that this was the word of Adonai.”