The Symbolic Acts of the True Shepherd

7

So I shepherded the flock for slaughter, truly the most miserable of the sheep; and I took two staffs for myself. I called the one No'am [pleasantness], the other I called Hovalim [bound together], and I shepherded the flock.

8

"In a single month I got rid of three shepherds, because I grew impatient with them; and besides, they detested me.

9

I said, 'I'm not going to shepherd you. Whichever one is going to die, let it die; whichever is going to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and the rest can all devour each other.'"

10

I took my staff No'am and snapped it in two, "in order to break my covenant, which I made with all the peoples."

11

On that day when it was broken, the most miserable of the sheep who paid attention to me knew that this was indeed a message from ADONAI.

12

I said to them, "If it seems good to you, give me my wages; if not, don't." So they weighed out my wages, thirty silver [shekels, that is, twelve ounces].

13

Concerning that "princely sum" at which they valued me, ADONAI said, "Throw it into the treasury!" So I took the thirty silver [shekels] and threw them into the treasury in the house of ADONAI.

14

Then I snapped in two my other staff Hovalim [bound together], in order to break up the brotherhood between Y'hudah and Isra'el.

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