The parable about shepherds and sheep continues.

## broke it to break the covenant that I had made with all of my tribes ##

The prophet is speaking and acting for Yahweh here.

## had spoken ##

AT: "had spoken a message to them"

## thirty pieces of silver ##

330 grams of silver. A shekel weighed eleven grams. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalmoney]])