John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 23:1

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Woe be unto the pastors, etc.] Or, “O ye shepherds” or “governors”, as the Targum; the civil rulers and magistrates, kings and princes of the land of Israel; since ecclesiastical rulers, the priests and prophets, are mentioned as distinct from them in (<242309>Jeremiah 23:9); whose business it was to rule and guide, protect and defend, the people: but, instead of that, they were such that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord God; set them bad examples, led them into idolatry and other sins, which were the cause of their ruin, and of their being carried captive, and scattered in other countries; and their sin was the more aggravated, inasmuch as these people were the Lord’s pasture sheep, whom he had an interest in, and a regard unto, and had committed them to the care and charge of these pastors or governors, to be particularly taken care of.

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