Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 23:2

"Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah." — Jeremiah 23:2 (ASV)

Ye have scattered my flock. —The charge was true literally as well as spiritually. The dispersion of the people in Egypt, Assyria, and Chaldea was the result of the neglect, the tyranny, the feebleness of their rulers. They had been led, not as the Eastern shepherd leads (John 10:4–5), but “driven”—not to the fold, but “away” into far lands.

Have not visited. — i.e., cared for and regarded. They were negligent, but God was not, and He therefore would “visit” them by reproof and chastisement.