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.”
12 Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, don’t bother!” So they weighed out my wages—30 pieces of silver.
13 Then Adonai said to me, “Throw it to the potter—that exorbitant price at which they valued Me!” So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw them into the House of Adonai, to the potter.
14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, in order to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 Again Adonai said to me, “Once more take up the equipment of a foolish shepherd!