Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith YY -TZvaot: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for YY -TZvaot hath visited his flock the house of Yhudah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
The kohanim said not, Where is YY ? and they that handle the Torah knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Yisrael is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Ashur hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Bavel hath broken his bones.
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith YY .
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Thus saith YY , Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the Throne of David, and ruling any more in Yhudah.