7 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. |
8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. |
9 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. |
10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it assunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. |
11 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. |
