4  Thus said YHWH my God: 'Feed the flock of slaughter;

4  Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;

4  Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the lean flock

5  whose buyers slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say: Blessed be YHWH, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

5  which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.

5  which those who possessed them cut down, and they did not feel sorrow, and they sold them, saying: “Blessed be the Lord; we have become wealthy. Even their shepherds did not spare them.”

6  For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith YHWH; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.'

6  Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbour, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.

6  And so, I will no longer spare the inhabitants upon the earth, says the Lord. Behold, I will deliver men, each one into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king. And they will cut down the land, and I will not rescue it from their hand.

7  So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Graciousness, and the other I called Binders; and I fed the flock.

7  And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.

8  And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.'

8  And I cut down three shepherds in one month. And my soul became contracted concerning them, just as their soul also varied concerning me.

8  Three shepherds I did away with in one month; and my soul was wearied of them, and their soul also howled against me.

9  Then said I: 'I will not feed you; that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.'

9  And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of his neighbour.

9  And I said: I will not pasture you. Whatever dies, let it die. And whatever is cut down, let it be cut down. And let the rest of them devour, each one the flesh of his neighbor.

10  And I took my staff Graciousness, and cut it asunder, 'that I might break My covenant which I had made with all the peoples.'

10  And I will take my beautiful staff, and cast it away, that I may break my covenant which I made with all the people.

11  And it was broken in that day; and the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew of a truth that it was the word of YHWH.

11  And it became invalid in that day. And so they understood, just like the poor of the flock who stay close to me, that this is the word of the Lord.

12  And I said unto them: 'If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear.' So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.

12  And I said to them, If it seems good in your sight, give me my wages; and if not, then you are doing me injustice. So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

13  And YHWH said unto me: 'Cast it into the treasury, the goodly price that I was prized at of them.' And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the treasury, in the house of the YHWH.

13  And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good metal, as I was proved for their sakes. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord.

14  Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Binders, that the brotherhood between Judah and Israel might be broken.

14  And I cast away my second rod, even Line, that I might break the possession between Juda and Israel.

15  And YHWH said unto me: 'Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

15  And the Lord said to me, Take yet to thee shepherd’s implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd.

16  For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think of those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are young, nor heal that which is broken; neither will he feed that which standeth still, but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will break their hoofs in pieces.'

16  For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall dislocate the joints of their necks.

16  For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs.

17  Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

17  O shepherd and idol, abandoning the flock, with a sword upon his arm and over his right eye: his arm will be withered by drought, and his right eye will be obscured by darkness.

17  Woe to you, O foolish shepherd, for you have left the flock neglected on your side and before your eyes! Let your right arm be withered and your right eye be blinded.