Zechariah 11:7-14

7So I fed the flock for slaughter, in particular the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.

8I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

9Then I said, “I will not feed you. Let what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.”

10And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

11So it was broken on that day. Thus the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

12Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

13And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.

14Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.