² So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.

³ For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.