Jeremías 23:1

1 ¡Ay de los pastores que destruyen y dispersan las ovejas de mis prados!declara el SEÑOR.

Jeremías 23:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:1

Woe be unto the pastors
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 ( 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.

Jeremías 23:1 In-Context

1 ¡Ay de los pastores que destruyen y dispersan las ovejas de mis prados!declara el SEÑOR.

2 Por tanto, así dice el SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, acerca de los pastores que apacientan a mi pueblo: Vosotros habéis dispersado mis ovejas y las habéis ahuyentado, y no os habéis ocupado de ellas; he aquí, yo me ocuparé de vosotros por la maldad de vuestras obrasdeclara el SEÑOR.

3 Yo mismo reuniré el remanente de mis ovejas de todas las tierras adonde las he echado, y las haré volver a sus pastos; y crecerán y se multiplicarán.

4 Pondré sobre ellas pastores que las apacentarán, y nunca más tendrán temor, ni se aterrarán, ni faltará ningunadeclara el SEÑOR

5 He aquí, vienen díasdeclara el SEÑOR en que levantaré a David un Renuevo justo; y El reinará como rey, actuará sabiamente, y practicará el derecho y la justicia en la tierra.