And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
Ver. 5. And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd.] None but an idol shepherd, Zec 11:17 a foolish shepherd; Eze 34:1-5 and the sheep, being a foolish creature, even to a proverb, a and apt to wander into harm's way, will never return to the fold, if not fetched back, but stick in the thorns, or die in a ditch, or run into the wolf's mouth.
a προβατων ηθος; and προβατιου βιον ζην .