Zechariah 11:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ I will no longer have pity on the people in the land,” announces the Lord. “I will hand all of them over to their neighbors and their king. They will destroy the land. And I will not save anyone from their power.”

⁷ So I took care of the sheep set apart to be sacrificed. I took special care of those that had been treated badly. Then I got two shepherd’s staffs. I called one of them Favor. I called the other one Union. And I took care of the flock. ⁸ In one month I got rid of three worthless shepherds.

The sheep hated me, and I got tired of them.