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.
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land. Antichrist will possibly be a Jew, or at least one in Judea. Some guess he will be of the tribe of Dan, because that tribe is omitted in the enumeration in Revelation 7:1-17. Compare the comparison of Dan to "a serpent by the way, an adder in the path," Genesis 49:17.
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. Compare similar language as to the unfaithful shepherds of Israel, Ezekiel 34:2-4. This implies they shall be paid in kind. Such a shepherd in the worst type shall "tear" them for a limited time.
Those that be cut off - `those perishing' (the Septuagint) - i:e., those sick unto death, as if already cut off.
The young one. The Hebrew х hana`ar (H5288)] is always used of human youths, who are really referred to under the image of the young of the flock. Ancient expositors (the Chaldaic version, Jerome, etc.) translate 'the straying,' 'the dispersed;' so Gesenius. But the Hebrew is constantly used of the young of tender age; primarily, those just put forth and dislodged from the mother's womb х naa`ar (H5286), to dislodge]; then those just removed from the tender care of their parents and launched out upon the world.
That that is broken - the wounded.
Nor feed that that standeth still - with faintness lagging behind.
Tear their claws - expressing cruel voracity; tearing off the very hoofs (Exodus 10:26), giving them excruciating pain, and disabling them from going in quest of pasture.