And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will set shepherds over them, which shall feed them,.... Good shepherds, rulers and governors, that shall rule them with wholesome laws, and protect and defend them; such as Zerubbabel,…
Barnes' Notes
Shepherds - Men like Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Maccabees, raised up especially by God. It is a revocation of the promise made to David 2Sa 7:12-16 so far as the earthly throne was concerned. They shall…
I. Here is a word of terror to the negligent shepherds. The day is at hand when God will reckon with them concerning the trust and charge committed to them: Woe be to the pastors (to the rulers, both…
Cambridge Bible
shepherds The picture is probably that of righteous rulers, such as princes and judges, placed in authority under the ideal king. Cp. Isa 1:26; Isa 32:1.
lacking missing, like sheep which in the…
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