Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Old men and old women shall again sit in the public squares of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand {because of great age}.

And I took my staff Kindness and broke it, to break my covenant that I {had made} with all the peoples.

Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel.

The Lord said to me, “Take again for yourself the equipment [of a shepherd, but this time] of a foolish shepherd.