The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
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Gill's Exposition
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors,.... King, nobles, counsellors, priests, prophets, and elders of the people; they shall be carried away as chaff before the wind, or perish as trees and fruits…
Barnes' Notes
Shall eat up all thy pastors - literally, shall depasture (Jer 2:16 note) thy pastors. Those who used to drive their flocks to consume the herbage shall themselves be the first prey of war. The…
This prophecy seems to have been calculated for the ungracious inglorious reign of Jeconiah, or Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, who succeeded him in the government, reigned but three months, and was…
Cambridge Bible
feed mg. feed upon, but rather shepherd, so as to preserve the play on words in the Heb.
shepherds See on Jer 2:8. Thy leaders, in whom thou hast confidence, shall be driven like a flock into exile by…
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