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10 I toke also my staffe euen Beautie, and brake it, that I might disanull the couenaunt which I made with all people. 11 And so it was broken in that day: Then the poore simple sheepe that had a respect vnto me, knewe therby that it was the worde of the Lorde. 12 And I saide vnto them, If ye thinke it good, bring hither my wages: if no, then leaue. So they wayed downe thirtie siluer pence, the value that I was prysed at. 13 And the Lorde saide vnto me, Cast it vnto the potter, a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them. And I toke the thirtie siluer pence, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lorde. 14 Then broke I my other staffe also namely Bandes, that I might loose the brotherhood betwixt Iuda and Israel. 15 And the Lorde saide vnto me: Take thee also the staffe of a foolishe shephearde. 16 For lo, I wyll rayse vp a shepheard in the lande, which shal not seeke after the thinges that be lost, nor seeke the tender lambes, he shal not heale the wounded, he shal not nourish the thinges that are whole: but he shal eate the fleshe of such as be fat, and teare their clawes in peeces. 17 O idol shepheard that leaueth the flocke, the sworde shall come vpon his arme, and vpon his right eye: his arme shalbe cleane dryed vp, and his right eye shalbe sore blynded. Zechariah 11:10-17, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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