Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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Gill's Exposition
Woe to the idol shepherd,.... Or, "the shepherd of nothing" (w); that is, no true shepherd, that is good for nothing, for an idol is nothing in the world, Co1 8:4 and who is an idol himself, sits in…
Barnes' Notes
Woe to the idol shepherd - (A shepherd of nothingness, one who hath no quality of a shepherd ;) “who leaveth the flock.” The condemnation of the evil shepherd is complete in the abandonment of the…
Adam Clarke
Wo to the idol shepherd - רעי האליל roi haelil, "the worthless," or "good for nothing shepherd." The shepherd in name and office, but not performing the work of one. See Joh 10:11.
The sword shall be…
God, having shown the misery of this people in their being justly abandoned by the good Shepherd, here shows their further misery in being shamefully abused by a foolish shepherd. The prophet is…
Cambridge Bible
idol shepherd Rather, worthless shepherd: lit. shepherd of nothingness, or worthlessness. Comp. "physicians of no value," Job 13:4.
leaveth the flock Comp. Joh 10:12.
the sword To be taken perhaps…
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