66. I also refrain from entering into his
discussion of those who feed themselves, devour the milk, clothe
themselves with the wool, kill them that are fat, but feed not the
flock, strengthen not the diseased, nor bind up that which is broken,
nor bring again that which is driven away, nor seek that which is lost,
nor keep watch over that which is strong, but oppress them with rigour,
and destroy them with their pressure; Ib. xxxiv.
2 et seq. so
that, because there was no shepherd, the sheep were scattered over
every plain and mountain, and became meat for all the fowls and
beasts, Ib. xxxix.
17. because there was
no one to seek for them and bring them back. What is the
consequence? As I live, saith the Lord, because these things are
so, and My flock became a prey, Ib. xxxiv.
8. behold I am
against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hands, and
will gather them and make them My own: but the shepherds shall
suffer such and such things, as bad shepherds ought.