^{8 Ref} And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.

^{9 Ref} And I say, `I do not feed you, the dying, let die; and the cut off, let be cut off; and the remaining ones, let each eat the flesh of its neighbour.'

^{10 Ref} And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:

^{11 Ref} and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it `is' a word of Jehovah.

^{12 Ref} And I say unto them: `If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire -- thirty silverlings.

^{13 Ref} And Jehovah saith unto me, `Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them `to' the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.