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Woe to the idol shepherd - (A shepherd of nothingness, one who has no quality of a shepherd.) who leaveth the flock. The condemnati…

The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and symbolic throughout, is that hardly any clue to its interpretation is given to us. …

These were the shepherds to whom Israel was left when they rejected Christ. They did nothing for the people; they were a curse to them, and they th…

In this verse the Prophet teaches us that though God would inflict a deserved punishment on the Jews, yet the shepherds themselves would not escape…

Woe to the idol shepherd
Or, "the shepherd of nothing" F23 ; that is, no true shepherd, that is good for …

God, having shown the misery of this people in their being justly left by the Good Shepherd, shows their further misery in being abused by foolish …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes