And they shall waste - Literally, feed on, and so eat up. Those who were shepherds of their own people, shall consume their enemies. Jeremia…

They shall waste. —Literally, feed upon, consume, devour. The Land of Nimrod represents the opposing world-power…

In this verse, the Prophet says that the shepherds, chosen by the Church after it had been miserably oppressed by the tyranny of its enemies, would…

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword
Or "feed^F5 upon it" with the sword, destroy the i…

Having shown how low the house of David would be brought, a prediction of the Messiah and His kingdom is added to encourage the faith of God's peop…