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.
¹¹         It was broken on that day.
            As a result, the afflicted^[b] of the flock knew that it was the Lord’s word.
¹² And I said to them,
        “If it appears good to you, give me my wages;
        but if not, then stop.”
        So they weighed out my wages, thirty shekels of silver.
¹³ The Lord said to me,
        “Put it in the treasury.^[c]
        They value me at too magnificent a price.”
So I took the thirty shekels^[d] of silver
        and put them in the treasury of the Lord’s house.

¹⁴ Then I chopped up my second staff Harmony,
        to break the alliance between Judah and Israel.
¹⁵ Then the Lord said to me,
    “Take for yourself again the equipment of a foolish shepherd,
¹⁶         because I am about to appoint a shepherd in the land.
            He won’t tend to those who have been removed.
            He won’t seek the young or heal the broken.
            He won’t sustain the one standing.
            Instead, he will devour the flesh of the fat ones, even tearing off their hooves.
¹⁷         Doom, foolish shepherd who forsakes the flock.
            A sword will strike^[e] his arm and his right eye.
            His arm will wither completely;
                his right eye will become blind.”

⁷ Sword, arise against my shepherd,
        against the man responsible for^[a] my community, says the Lord of heavenly forces!
Strike the shepherd in order to scatter the flock!
        I will turn my hand against the little ones.
⁸ Throughout all the land, says the Lord,
        two-thirds will be cut off and die;
            but one-third will be left in it.
⁹ I will put the third part into the fire.
        I will refine them like one refines silver;
            I will test them like one tests gold.
They will call on my name, and I will respond to them.
        I will say, “They are my people.”
            And they will say, “The Lord is our God.”