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4 Thus says Yahweh my God: "Shepherd the flock* doomed to slaughter.
5 The ones buying them kill them and go unpunished, and the ones selling them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I have become rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
6 For I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. "Look, I am going to cause humankind to fall, each into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his king; and they will devastate the land, and I will not deliver anyone from their hand."
7 And I shepherded the flock* doomed to slaughter, even* the afflicted* of the flock.* I took two staffs, one I called Kindness, and the other I called Unity, and I shepherded the flock.*
8 And I got rid of three shepherds in one month, for ⌊I grew impatient⌋* with them, and ⌊they also became tired of me⌋.*
9 So I said, "I will not shepherd you! The one dying will die, and the one to be destroyed will be destroyed. And the ones remaining, let them devour ⌊the flesh of each other⌋."*
10 And I took my staff Kindness and broke it, to break my covenant that I ⌊had made⌋* with all the peoples.
11 And it was broken on that day. Then the afflicted* of the flock,* the ones who were watching me, knew that it was the word of Yahweh.
12 And I said to them, "If ⌊it seems right to you⌋,* give me my wages, but if not, ⌊keep them⌋."* And they weighed out my wages, thirty silver shekels.
13 And Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter,"* ⌊this noble price⌋* at which I was valued by them!" So I took the thirty silver shekels and I threw them to the potter* in the house of Yahweh.
14 Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel.
15 And Yahweh said to me, "Take again the implements* of a foolish shepherd.
16 For look, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not attend to the ones that are perishing; he will not seek the young man,* he will not heal the ones that are crushed and he will not sustain the healthy ones; he will devour the flesh of the ⌊fattened ones⌋* and tear apart even their hoofs.
17 "Woe, my worthless shepherd who deserts the flock!* May a sword fall on his arm and on ⌊his right eye⌋!* May his arm wither completely and ⌊his right eye⌋* be utterly blinded!"