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Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

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

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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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