5 whose owners slaughter them and ^afeel no guilt; those who sell them ^bsay, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do ^cnot pity them.  ‡

6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall¹ attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”  ‡

8 I¹ dismissed the three shepherds ^ain one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.  ‡

9 Then I said, “I will not feed you. ^aLet what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.”  ‡