^{4 Ref} This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;

^{5 Ref} Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.

^{6 Ref} For I will have no more pity for the people of the land, says the Lord; but I will give up everyone into his neighbour's hand and into the hand of his king: and they will make the land waste, and I will not keep them safe from their hands.

^{7 Ref} So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.

^{8 Ref} And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.

^{9 Ref} And I said, I will not take care of you: If death comes to any, let death be its fate; if any is cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest take one another's flesh for food.