My people hath been lost sheep] Straying from God, Isaiah 53:6. 1 Pet. 2. 25. and chased into forain parts, Psalms 119:176. Vers. 17. Ezekiel 34:6. Heb. perishing or, perished. readie to perish. Psalms 119:176. Isaiah 27:13.
their shepherds] Pastors and Princes; Ministers and Magistrates, Isaiah 3:12. & Isaiah 9:16. Chap. 23. 1. & 25. 34. Nahum 3:18.
caused them to go astray] They have caused them to runne from idol to idol; relinquishing their true rest, Chap. 2. 31, - 33. Or, caused them to be chased from place to place; by leading them away from God, Lamentations 2:14. See Ezekiel 34:3-4. Matthew 18:12.
they have forgotten their resting-place] Heb. place to lie down in. Proverbs 24:15.