Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The pastors - shepherds, i. e., civil rulers Jeremiah 2:8.
The sheep of My pasture - literally, of My pasturing, the sheep of whom I am shepherd. The people do not belong to the rulers but to God.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 23:1:
Ecclesiastes 12:8-14
Ezekiel 34:20-31
Zechariah 11:16
John 10:1
John 10:8
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