And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Foolish shepherds, and idle shepherds, mean one and the same. Unfaithful pastors; ministers for hire and filthy lucre, who are described by Ezekiel at large; Ezekiel 34:1 from beginning to end. The Lord deliver his people from all such! Amen.