Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the hocks be fed by the shepherds?
Rashi
concerning the shepherds of Israel concerning the leaders of Israel.
who were shepherding themselves [Heb. אוֹתָם,] them. They enjoyed themselves with the money of their fellows who were under them.
Do not the shepherds shepherd the flocks It is not the custom of shepherds to shepherd the flocks and not to shepherd themselves?
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.