⁶                 In fact, I will no longer spare the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord.
        But look what I am about to bring upon humanity,
            upon each of them by their neighbor’s hand and by the hand of their king:
        They will beat the land to pieces,
            but I won’t rescue anyone from their hand.
⁷ So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter,
            the afflicted of the flock.^[a]
I took two staffs for myself.
        I named one Delight;
            the other I named Harmony.
I shepherded the flock.
⁸ I removed three shepherds in one month
        when I grew impatient with them.
        Moreover, they detested me.