Verse 7
I will not be a healer -- No one wants to be in charge because there is nothing left for a leader to do except tend to the wounded. The refusal also highlights the prophet’s charge of rampant social injustice. Caring for those who could not care for themselves was part of Yahweh’s charge to Israel’s leaders (see Ezekiel 34:4).
You shall not make me the leader of -- The strength of his protest suggests a chaotic “everyone-for-themselves” mentality as the fabric of society unravels.