Ezequiel 34:5

5 Por isso elas estão dispersas, porque não há pastor algum e, quando foram dispersas, elas se tornaram comida de todos os animais selvagens.

Ezequiel 34:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5

And they were scattered because there is no shepherd
No good one; there were shepherds, but they were idol shepherds, good for nothing, and it was all one as if there were none: so, in Christ's time, there were the Scribes and Pharisees; yet, since these did not feed the people with wholesome doctrine, they are said to be as sheep without a shepherd, and scattered abroad, as here from the fold, and from one another; dispersed here and there, seeking food, and none, which moved his compassion, ( Matthew 9:36 ) , in the political sense it may refer to their captivity, and their dispersion among the nations, having no king: So the Targum,

``and they were scattered without a governor.''

And they became meat to all beasts of the field when they were
scattered;
the Targum is,

``and they were delivered to all the kingdoms of the people to be consumed;''

such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, Ammonites, Moabites, and others; and may be applied to false teachers, those grievous wolves, which spare not the flock, into whose hands members of churches, professors of religion, fall, when neglected by their shepherds.

Ezequiel 34:5 In-Context

3 Vocês comem a coalhada, vestem-se de lã e abatem os melhores animais, mas não tomam conta do rebanho.

4 Vocês não fortaleceram a fraca nem curaram a doente nem enfaixaram a ferida. Vocês não trouxeram de volta as desviadas nem procuraram as perdidas. Vocês têm dominado sobre elas com dureza e brutalidade.

5 Por isso elas estão dispersas, porque não há pastor algum e, quando foram dispersas, elas se tornaram comida de todos os animais selvagens.

6 As minhas ovelhas vaguearam por todos os montes e por todas as altas colinas. Foram dispersas por toda a terra, e ninguém se preocupou com elas nem as procurou.

7 “Por isso, pastores, ouçam a palavra do SENHOR: