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Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
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Destructive Foreign Rulers
Commentators unanimously clarify that the "shepherds" (or "pastors") in this verse are not Israel's own leaders. Instead, the term refers to the foreign invading kings and generals, like Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. They are depicted as careless shepherds who allow their flocks to trample and destroy God's precious "vineyard," the nation of Judah.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Nebuchadnezzar and his confederate kings trampled Judah under foot, as heedless of the ruin they were inflicting as the shepherds would be who led …
19th Century
Anglican
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard. — The use of the word “pastors,” with all its modern spiritual associations, ins…
16th Century
Protestant
He explains by another comparison what we have just observed; he calls those pastors or shepherds whom he had previously compared to wild beasts. F…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard This is a metaphor which is often used of the people of Israel and Judah; se…
God's people had been the dearly beloved of His soul, precious in His sight, but they acted in such a way that He gave them up to their enemies. Ma…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he threatens a particular punishment.
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