And I cut off three shepherds in one month—Jerome: “I have read in someone’s commentary that the shepherds, cut off in the indignation of th…

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

There is a mutual loathing between God and ungodly men.

Those to whom Christ came were of this character: they loathed Him. And He could not…

At the beginning of the verse, the Prophet continues the same subject: that God spared no pains in ruling the people but patiently bore with many g…

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month
Not Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, as is suggested in the Talmud ^F5