They were scattered, because.... — The calamities of the people are attributed to the fault of the rulers, not because the people themselves were free from sin — the contrary has already been abundantly asserted in this book — but because the people’s sins were largely due to the evil example, the idolatries, the oppressions, and the disobedience of their rulers.
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Ezekiel 34:5
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd:a and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.