Zechariah 11:7-14

New American Standard Bible

⁷ So I ^(A)pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, ^[a]therefore also the ^(B)afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two ^(C)staffs: the one I called ^[b](D)Favor, and the other I called ^(E)Union; so I pastured the flock. ⁸ Then I did away with the three shepherds in ^(F)one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also ^[c]was tired of me. ⁹ Then I said, “I will not pasture you. What is to ^(G)die, ^[d]let it die, and what is to perish, ^[e]let it perish; and ^[f]let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.” ¹⁰ And I took my staff ^[g](H)Favor and cut it in pieces, to ^[h](I)break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples. ¹¹ So it was ^[i]broken on that day, and ^[j]so the ^(J)afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the Lord. ¹² And I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my ^(K)wages; but if not, ^[k]never mind!” So they weighed out ^(L)thirty shekels of silver as my wages. ¹³ Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the ^(M)potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them.” So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord. ¹⁴ Then I cut in pieces my second staff ^(N)Union, to ^(O)break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.