[There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled (11:3)

Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; (11:4)

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed [be] the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not (11:5)

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver [them] (11:6)

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, [even] you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock (11:7)

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me (11:8)

Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another (11:9)

And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people (11:10)

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the Lord (11:11)

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver (11:12)

And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord (11:13)

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, [even] Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel (11:14)

And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd (11:15)

For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces (11:16)

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened (11:17)

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