Jeremiah 23 “Shepherd or Hireling?” 2/21/24

Woe…that word means alas which is sorrow or pity.
God declares that the shepherds will be sorry that they destroyed, scattered, drove away, not attended to, and deserted, the sheep of God’s pasture.
God makes it very clear that these sheep are His…and the shepherds are set over them as under-shepherds for God.
God is the Shepherd…but He has appointed leaders over His sheep (His people) to lead and guide them.
An under-shepherd is to care for the sheep as if they are his own…but that isn’t what they were doing in Judah…or Israel.
They were acting more like a hireling.