2Sa 5:2, Psa 78:71-72, Isa 40:11, Jer 3:15, 23:4, Eze 34:2, 15, 23 | TSK | STEP

shall gently lead.A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Ge 33:13; which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow."

are with young. or, give suck.

Jeremiah 3:15

And I.

23:4; 1Sa 13:14; Isa 30:20,21; Eze 34:23; 37:24; Mic 5:4,5

Joh 10:1-5; 21:15-17; Eph 4:11,12; 1Pe 5:1-4

which shall.

Pr 10:21; Lu 12:42; Joh 21:15,17; Ac 20:28; 1Co 2:6,12,13; 3:1,2

Heb 5:12-14; 1Pe 2:2; 5:2

Jeremiah 23:4

3:14,15; 33:26; Ps 78:70-72; Isa 11:11; Eze 34:23-31; Ho 3:3-5

Mic 5:2,4,5; 7:14; Joh 21:15-17; Ac 20:28,29; 1Pe 5:1-4

neither.

Nu 31:49; Joh 6:39,40; 10:27-30; 17:12; 18:9; 1Pe 1:5

Ezekiel 34:2

the shepherds.The shepherds of Israel, signify their kings and princes, priests and prophets; the flock, the whole of the people; the fat and wool, the tithes and offerings, taxes and imposts: these they exacted with great rigour, and even oppressed and destroyed the people to enrich themselves; but they bestowed no pains to provide for the welfare of the state, or for the souls of those entrusted to them. They knew nothing about their flock: it might be diseased, infirm, bruised, maimed, strayed, or lost, for they watched not over them.

33:24; Jer 2:8; 3:15; 10:21; 12:10; Joh 10:1,2,12

Woe.

8-10; 13:19; Jer 23:1; Mic 3:1-3,11,12; Zep 3:3,4; Zec 11:17

Mt 24:48-51; Lu 12:42-46; 20:46,47; Ro 16:18; 2Pe 2:3

feed.

2Sa 5:2; Ps 78:71,72; Isa 40:11; Joh 21:15-17; Ac 20:26,29

1Pe 5:2-4

Ezekiel 34:15

Ps 23:2; So 1:7,8; Isa 11:6,7; 27:10; 65:9,10; Jer 3:15; Ho 2:18

Zep 3:13; Joh 21:15

Ezekiel 34:23

I will.

Ec 12:11; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:4-6; Mic 5:2-5; Zec 13:7; Joh 10:11

Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 5:4

my servant.David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David, then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as being the well beloved, [o agapetos,] Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references.

37:24,25; Isa 11:1; 55:3,4; Jer 30:9; Ho 3:5; Re 22:16