12 Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, thirty pieces of silver.(A)

13 “Throw it to the potter,”[a] the Lord said to me—this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the Lord, to the potter.[b](B) 14 Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:13 Syr reads treasury
  2. 11:13 One Hb ms, Syr read treasury

12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.(A)

13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver(B) and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.(C)

14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.

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