The word therefore
makes it clear that what follows is the Lord’s word of judgment. Instead of caring for the Lord’s people, they have scattered
them and driven them away.
This refers to the coming exile. It may be the Lord who will take his people into exile, but it is the failure of the kings that must take much of the blame for the nation’s failure. It is their actions that have led to the nation’s unfaithfulness. The kings will give an account to the Lord for their failure. The shepherds have not attended
to the sheep in a positive way and so the Lord will attend
to the shepherds in a very negative way because of their evil deeds.
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2 C'est pourquoi ainsi parle l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël, Sur les bergers qui paissent mon peuple: Vous avez dispersé mes brebis, vous les avez chassées, Vous n'en avez pas pris soin; Voici, je vous châtierai à cause de la méchanceté de vos actions, Dit l'Eternel.