shepherds. rulers (of all kinds). Compare Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 6:3. All three had miserable ends: Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 36:30); Jehoiachin, taken to Babylon; and Zedekiah, after his eyes were put out.
principals. strong ones.
of your dispersions: or, when ye are dispersed. So in the Mugah Codex (quoted in the Massorah), with three early printed editions.
pleasant. precious (i.e. fair, but fragile).